Getting couples into marriage therapy is challenging. Some psychologists report that people are even more likely to resist therapy for their relationship than for individual depression. A new study is investigating the possibility of providing marital therapy online in order to reduce the barriers to seeking help for a troubled relationship. Dr. Brian Doss, a…
Your suspicions have been confirmed: some guys just aren’t the marrying type. In fact, in a study conducted by the National Marriage Project, a research group at Rutgers University, there is a “small but significant” number of unmarried men who are just not good candidates for marriage. What might be surprising to most women is…
Parents with delusional and other personality disorders are incredibly difficult to live with. Parenting advice and magazines abound but there is a dearth of information available for children with challenging parents. What are some of the circumstances and challenges that children with trying parents encounter? Society teaches that parents are at the head of the…
Happily married women are better able to control their stress than women whose marriages are unhappy. UCLA researchers, led by Darby E. Saxbe, a graduate student in clinical psychology, tracked levels of cortisol, a stress hormone, in 30 married women who work and have kids. “At least as far as women are concerned, being happily…
Relationships are as addictive as drugs, says new research from Stony Brook University in Long Island, and that may be why some people with more addictive personalities have a difficult time with breakups. Dr. Arthur Aron, Stony Brook professor of social and health psychology led the research, with looked at the centers of the brain…
Relationship breakups are not nearly as painful as those who are madly in love think it will be. New research shows that those who believe they are madly in love and fear the breakup will be disastrously painful actually recover much more rapidly than expected. There appears to be an inverse relationship between how bad…
Trying before you buy is a capitalist concept that has taken hold in this country with fervor, but unfortunately, when it comes to relationships it does not work as well to reduce “buyer’s remorse.” In fact, a recent study showed that those who live together before getting married actually have a higher rate of divorce…
The relationship between a parent and an autistic child is often difficult. Parents often worry that they will never here their child say “I love you.” There has been a strong push from parents and researchers to provide early intervention services to children diagnosed with autism in an effort to improve their communication skills. The…
If you want to know whether your relationship will last, it may be that all you need to do is take a word association test that captures your hidden feelings, according to a new study from researcher Ronald D. Rogge at the University of Rochester. Rogge recognized the difficulty in determining relationship health, since it…
Autism, a mental health disorder that affects social development and is typically diagnosed in children prior to their third birthday, has often been blamed for being partially responsible for increasing divorce rates. While Autism may be a stressor in the lives of the parents who are raising the autistic child, it’s not more likely to…