Marital satisfaction among parents of the severely mentally ill living in the community.
Factors influencing marital satisfaction among 131 parents of adult offspring with severe mental illness were explored. Those found to be most predictive of marital satisfaction were parents' ability to comfort one another, parents' gender, number of offspring, family income, and interpersonal sensitivity. Implications of these findings for practical and policy approaches to preventive intervention are discussed.
Cook
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Thresholds National Research and Training Center on Rehabilitation and Mental Illness, Chicago.
Hoffschmidt
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Cohler
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Pickett
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008875:Middle Aged; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000534:rehabilitation; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors