Sentences with phrase «distressed during conflict»

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But, especially if you developed an insecure attachment style as a child, you may have difficulty in relating to your spouse — and vice versa — particularly during conflict, while distressed, or when stressed - out.

Exposure to high rates of conflicting information during an emergency is linked to increased levels of stress, and those who rely on text messages or social media reports from unofficial sources are more frequently exposed to rumors and experience greater distress, according to research led by the University of California, Irvine.

Even studies that examine conflict in the context of financial distress have only measured general conflict tendencies in marital relationships, but not communication specifically during financial conflict (e.g., Dew & Dakin, 2011).

When my team monitored couples for bodily changes during a conflict discussion, we could see just how physically distressing flooding was.

Interestingly, this stress response pattern was mirrored by less constructive ways of soliciting and providing support during the conflict discussion: anxiously attached wives were less able to recognize their avoidant husbands» distress, whereas avoidant husbands found it difficult to constructively express their needs to their anxious wives.

While relationships research has historically focused on alleviating negative communication patterns and distress, such as during conflict, a number of recent studies have explored the role of positive processes in promoting optimal relationship functioning.

There are several goals in couples therapy: 1) understand how prior relationships provide the framework for how adults view self and partner in close relationships, and and how relationship patterns («the dance») occur; 2) create a secure relationship where partners are emotionally available, genuinely involved and responsive in a sensitive and caring way; 3) establish trust and a sense of safety and comfort, especially during difficult times and distressing emotions («fight fair»), 4) change the dance — learn constructive communication and conflict - management skills so that partners respond to one another's needs and emotions with empathy, understanding and support, rather than with anger, rejection or withdrawal; 5) experience a secure relationship with the therapist, who models attunement, support, self control, patience and appropriate boundaries.

Mothers who recognize what is distressing for their children have children who are better able to cope with their own distress11 and parents who can accurately identify their children's thoughts and feelings during conflicts are better able to achieve satisfactory outcomes for those conflicts.12 «Mind - mindedness,» the ability of parents to think of children as having mental states as well as being accurate in their assessment of these mental states, has been linked to children's secure attachment, 13 with a positive link between mothers who describe their children using positive mental descriptors and mothers» sensitivity.14

Fact: «Research seeking explanations for the links between divorce and the adverse outcomes experienced by some children has found that: financial hardship and other family circumstances that pre-date, as well as follow, separation play an important part inlimiting children's educational achievement; family conflict before, during and after separation is stressful for children who may respond by becoming anxious, aggressive or withdrawn; the ability of parents to recover from the distress associated with separation is important for children's own ability to adjust.»

This is one of the first community based cross sectional survey in Swat valley, Pakistan to assess the prevalence of psychological distress during pregnancy in an area affected by conflict.

This is one of the first community based cross sectional surveys in Swat valley, Pakistan to assess the prevalence of psychological distress during pregnancy in an area affected by conflict.

Prior research also suggests that during relationship conflicts women demonstrate more demanding behaviors whereas men are more likely to engage in withdrawal and avoidance, a gender typical pattern that is accentuated among maritally distressed couples (Christensen & Heavey, 1990; Eldrige & Christensen, 2002; Gottman, 1994).

To make raising children even more confusing, there is a bewildering array of conflicting information for parents, the media feeds off stories of family drama and distress, and cultural change during the past thirty years has been so extensive that many family values are often seen as being old - fashioned or outdated.

In the case of marital conflict, even when parents try to protect their child from directly witnessing acute emotional outbursts, the negative emotions emerging from the conflict eventually tend to surface during parent — child interactions, with maritally distressed parents being less warm and more rejecting of the child when they interact in a triadic setting (Katz and Gottman, 1996).