"Marital discord" refers to problems or disagreements that occur between a husband and wife in their relationship or marriage. It means that they are experiencing difficulties or conflicts that can arise from various factors, such as communication issues, financial problems, or differences in values or priorities.
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In the midst
of marital discord few of us have the courage to consider that the beliefs and practices we share with many couples are the source of our misery.
As sarcastic as I am, (note to self: maybe another reason
for marital discord), I'm not bitter.
[jounal] Gottmans, J. M / 1989 / Effect of
marital discord on young children's peer interaction and health / Developmental Psychology 25 (3): 373 ~ 381
The role of parental
marital discord in the etiology of externalizing problems during childhood and adolescence.
In short, the stress - generation model of depression can help to explain the two - way relation
between marital discord and depression.
Sexual Content: A married man's habit of viewing pornography is discussed from a negative perspective and
causes marital discord (we briefly see photos of women in tiny bikinis on a computer screen).
The rising number of divorce and cases of
extreme marital discord is an instance that can be safely quoted to quantify the above statement.
«I work with a wide range of emotional and behavioral issues providing services that span
from marital discord, mood / eating disorders, divorce, grief, relational / adjustment issues and more.
Ongoing research continues to examine
how marital discord affects children, but also seeks to understand how some children remain resilient despite the stresses and strains of an emotionally unstable home.
Although these studies varied somewhat in respect to findings
about marital discord, all three studies found a tendency for wife's depressive behavior to suppress husband's aggressive behavior.
While marital discord in the family does have negative effects on children, the effects of divorce have shown to be worse than if the parents had remained together and attempted to work out their problems.
«Psychotherapist / Professor - California State University, Fresno ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Providing treatment for depression ~ anxiety ~ mood disorders ~ relational problems
~ marital discord ~ stress ~ family conflict ~ personality disturbances ~ behavior problems ~ adolescence»
It has also been shown that in families with
more marital discord or more daily hassles, the VIPP - SD resulted in a decrease of overactive problem behaviors in the children (Van Zeijl et al. 2006).
Marital discord often leads to infidelity but in at least one study, 56 % of husbands who admitted to cheating said that they were happy with their marriages overall.
While flailing helplessly in the maelstrom of
marital discord at home, Gabriela found no comfort at school.
He and his wife, Dr. Julie Gottman, use this basic research to understand and
prevent marital discord and try to turn around unhealthy relationships.
It is an awkward thing to discuss now, but the best thing Crenshaw had going for him — peace of mind — might have been the result of his
putting marital discord out of his life.
The truth: It's the children of
marital discord who come from broken households, and the worst effect is seen in those children who are made aware that their parents have stayed together for their sake, only.
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Cale's stock - in - trade is goofiness rather than McClane's world - weariness, though they share damn near every other characteristic from muttering monologues to
past marital discord.
Numerous studies have shown an increase in
marital discord since the election of the current administration, with some going so far as to say arguments over Trump and his antics have even led to an increase in breakups and divorces.
Involving the «adult children» in the parental
marital discord robs the divorcing couple of an ongoing relationship with their children and possibly even their grandchildren.
There were background issues pertaining to
marital discord over finances and the complainant wanted N.C. to leave the house.
The Introduction of Any Evidence Regarding Marital Problems or Domestic Violence involving Plaintiff's prior Marriage Defense counsel spent time in deposition asking Plaintiff about her
prior marital discord.
«Members of her group swear by its effectiveness in
relieving marital discord and their inability to cope with the pressures of trying to be superwomen.»
Crime - prone youth are more likely to come from families where parents are abusive or neglectful, provide harsh or erratic discipline, or
exhibit marital discord.
serious
marital discord which adversely affects the attitude of both spouses towards the marriage and no reasonable prospect of reconciliation or
For children with baseline pervasive home - school problems, baseline maternal parenting and
posttreatment marital discord were associated with poor treatment response at home at the 2 - year follow - up.
Results indicated that
perceived marital discord heightened the risk of aggression for youth characterized by narcissism or CU traits.
Compelling work by Rutter and colleagues67 in the classic Isle of Wight studies revealed that the aggregate of adversity factors (i.e.,
severe marital discord, low social class, large family size, paternal criminality, maternal mental disorder, and foster care placement), rather than the presence of any single factor, led to psychopathology.
An alternative view, which we call the subordination - reactivity hypothesis, suggests that women experience greater physiological and psychological reactivity to
marital discord because they typically occupy subordinate (lower status and less powerful) positions relative to their husbands.
When emotional tension threatens a dyadic relationship (
think marital discord, parent - child conflict, in - law distress, grandparental meddling) a third person is sought to help calm the anxiety.
I also use family systems to determine the extent to which family problems are in effect used by the husband and wife to assist them in not resolving their
own marital discord.
She's had a thriving law practice for years, and she thought it would be prudent to have a prenuptial agreement to protect her law firm just in case there was
ever marital discord in the future.
This reasoning is supported by our earlier finding that the level of «closeness» in marriage was less in depressed, discordant wives than non-depressed, discordant wives despite their equal levels of
overall marital discord (Beach et al. 1988).
Limited information is available about the international generalizability of the common conclusion that
marital discord tends to be associated with problematic parenting.
It has been reported that parents of children with autism have a slightly higher divorce and
marital discord rate than parents of typical children.