Sentences with phrase «satisfaction than conflicted»

Traditional fathers (those who think their wives should do more caregiving and they actually do) and egalitarian fathers (those who think caregiving should be divided equally and indeed do this) show markedly higher levels of life satisfaction than conflicted fathers who are caught in a state of dissonance.

Not exact matches

The position taken in this book is that such a democracy is inherently self - defeating, in part because the unrestrained pursuit of satisfaction tends to breed conflict rather than harmony, but more importantly because human nature is such that persons and cultures do not grow in beauty, strength, and virtue when people strive only to get what they want.

Children reported strong relationships with their pets relative to their siblings, with lower levels of conflict and greater satisfaction in owners of dogs than other kinds of pets.

«Results showed that girls reported more disclosure, companionship, and conflict with their pet than did boys, while dog owners reported greater satisfaction and companionship with their pet than did owners of other pets,» the authors wrote in the study.

Maybe it's because children experience more satisfaction and less conflict in the relationships they have with their pets than with their brothers and sisters.

The article's authors found that people with anxious attachment styles reported higher levels of cell phone conflict than those with less anxious attachment styles and that phubbing indirectly impacted depression through relationship satisfaction and, ultimately, life satisfaction.

Incongruent couples report lower satisfaction, more conflict, and less positive communication than other couples.

Men and women rated kissing on the lips as being more intimate than cuddling, hand holding, hugging, and massaging.2 In a study of adolescents and young adults, those who engaged in more frequent kissing had higher levels of relationship satisfaction.3 One reason for this satisfaction boost was because conflict with a romantic partner was easier to resolve when there was more affection, like kissing on the lips, in the relationship.2 Kissing promotes emotional closeness, and partners report that kissing after sex strengthens their bond and that they desire to kiss each other after orgasm.1 This makes sense because kissing may increase levels of oxytocin (aka the «love» hormone), a chemical that promotes bonding.4

For example, on again - off again relationships tend to have greater conflict, less commitment, lower satisfaction, and fewer positive behaviors (e.g., validating each other's feelings) than noncyclical relationships.1 Partners involved in on again - off again relationships also report doing things that negatively impact the relationship, such as being less cooperative, polite, and patient with each other.

Cohabitators report more conflict, more violence, and lower levels of satisfaction and commitment in their relationships than married couples.

Furthermore, the findings suggest that focusing on increasing relationship satisfaction and positivity between partners may be more effective than preventing conflicts in order to prevent dissolutions.

Often times they're very happy in their relationship, but when their relationship starts to experience the normal dips in satisfaction over time, when the couple does not feel as connected, or typical life stressors happen and the relationship experiences more conflict, this person drifts away from the relationship rather than repairing the damage.

Separated parents more often have psychological problems and poor economy than co-living parents and may have had relationship problems and conflicts also before the separation.4, 42 Such factors directly affect children's psychological health and symptom load1, 43 and could be important for how families arrange custody and children's housing after the split - up.1, 9 In this study, children living with only one parent reported the least satisfaction with their relationships to their parents, followed by those living mostly with one parent.

Couples who resolve conflicts constructively tend to have higher levels of relationship satisfaction than couples who engage in heated and unproductive conflicts.