Objectives:Fear of recurrence(FoR)is a common psychological burden in cerebral glioma patients.Spousal emotional support and self-disclosure may help mitigate FoR,yet their roles in this population are unclear.This st...Objectives:Fear of recurrence(FoR)is a common psychological burden in cerebral glioma patients.Spousal emotional support and self-disclosure may help mitigate FoR,yet their roles in this population are unclear.This study aimed to explore the association between FoR,spousal emotional support,and self-disclosure in patients with cerebral glioma.Methods:Patients with cerebral glioma were assessed using the Fear of Progression Questionnaire-Short Form(FoP-Q-SF),Perceived Social Support Scale(PSSS),Distress Disclosure Index(DDI),and Acceptance and Action Questionnaire(AAQ).Pearson correlation analysis was conducted to examine the relationships among the scale scores,while multiple linear regression analysis was performed to identify factors influencing FoR in these patients.A structural equation model(SEM)was constructed to analyze the pathways of influence among FoR,spousal emotional support,and self-disclosure.Results:FoR was significantly negatively correlated with spousal emotional support,self-disclosure,and psychological flexibility(r=−0.3986,−0.3206,−0.4547,respectively;all p<0.05),while spousal emotional support and self-disclosure were significantly positively correlated with psychological flexibility(r=0.2457,0.2776,respectively;all p<0.05).Regression analysis revealed that self-funded medical insurance,unmarried/other marital status,lack of religious belief,and lower scores of spousal emotional support,self-disclosure,and psychological flexibility were risk factors for increased FoR.The SEM demonstrated an acceptable model fit.Psychological flexibility was found to mediate the relationship between self-disclosure and FoR,indicating that self-disclosure not only had a direct negative effect on FoR but also exerted an indirect negative effect through its positive influence on psychological flexibility.Conclusion:FoR is prevalent among patients with cerebral glioma.Spousal emotional support and self-disclosure were identified as independent influencing factors of FoR.While spousal emotional support directly affected FoR,self-disclosure influenced it both directly and indirectly through the mediation of psychological flexibility.展开更多
Objective:To assess and compare the relationship between spousal communication,fertility preference,and other factors with contraceptive use among married couples in Ekiti State,Nigeria.Methods:This cross-sectional st...Objective:To assess and compare the relationship between spousal communication,fertility preference,and other factors with contraceptive use among married couples in Ekiti State,Nigeria.Methods:This cross-sectional study was carried out in AdoEkiti Local Government Area of Ekiti State,Nigeria between the 12th of August 2017 and the 15th of February 2018.A pre-tested,semi-structured interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from 976 respondents by a multi-stage sampling technique.Data were analyzed(univariate,bivariate,and binary logistic regression analysis)using SPSS version 24.0.Factors that showed statistical significance(P<0.05)were included in a binary logistic regression to determine significant predictors of contraceptive use.Results:The proportion of respondents currently using contraceptives was 56.9%.The education status of the respondents revealed that those with primary education were more likely to use contraceptives than those without formal education[adjusted odds ratio(aOR)8.4,95%confidence interval(CI)1.97-36.2,P<0.001].Respondents with fair spousal communication were more likely to use contraceptive than those with poor communication(aOR 4.9,95%CI 2.80-8.71,P<0.001).In addition,fertility preference of 4 or less children was found to be significantly associated with contraceptive use(aOR 3.0,95%CI 1.67-5.50,P<0.001)compared to a preference of more than 4 children.Finally,the urban respondents were more likely to use contraceptives than those in the rural setting(aOR 1.7,95%CI 1.16-2.41,P=0.047).Conclusions:Educational status,residential site,spousal communication,and fertility preference significantly influence the level of contraceptive use among married couples.Couples should endeavor to discuss more on issues bordering on their fertility preference and contraceptive issue.Government should formulate policies to improve the rural uptake of contraceptives using identified target interventions.展开更多
To investigate factors related to resumption of smoking by women after childbirth, the smoking habits of 241 postnatal women, who initially had stopped smoking after pregnancy, in a rural city in Aomori Prefecture, Ja...To investigate factors related to resumption of smoking by women after childbirth, the smoking habits of 241 postnatal women, who initially had stopped smoking after pregnancy, in a rural city in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, were studied at 5 - 6 days, 1 month, and 12 months after childbirth. At 1 month after childbirth, only nine women had resumed smoking, but a total of 40 women had resumed smoking after 12 months. Factors related to smoking resumption after childbirth included the switching from breast feeding to bottle feeding and the influence of smoking by their spouses. Spousal smoking is an important factor in the resumption of smoking by women after childbirth.展开更多
Assortative mating, the tendency for mate selection to occur on the basis of similar traits plays an essential role in understanding the genetic variation on academic achievements and intelligence (IQ), it is also an ...Assortative mating, the tendency for mate selection to occur on the basis of similar traits plays an essential role in understanding the genetic variation on academic achievements and intelligence (IQ), it is also an important mechanism explaining spousal concordance. We used a subset of The Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism sample to study the mating patterns in 84 pairs of spouses from Caucasian families with their academic achievements (reading, spelling, arithmetic, vocabulary and comprehension) and IQ (verbal IQ, performance IQ and full scale IQ). Simple correlation analysis showed that 6 of these 8 traits revealed evidence of spousal correlation (P < 0.05). The first principal component (PC1) of husbands explains 73.61% for the variation in the eight variables, which has high loadings from reading, spelling, arithmetic, verbal IQ and full scale IQ while PC1 of wives explains 72.86% for the variation in the eight variables, which has high loadings from reading, spelling, verbal IQ and full scale IQ. There was highly significant positive correlation between spouses by PC1 (P < 0.0001). The new variable PC1 may be important in spousal concordance and mate selection in society and act upon achievements and intelligence levels.展开更多
Gender based violence （GBV） is a worldwide scourge and spousal battering has been found to be a common form of GBV. The objective of this paper was to examine the attitudes of women towards spousal battering and to ...Gender based violence （GBV） is a worldwide scourge and spousal battering has been found to be a common form of GBV. The objective of this paper was to examine the attitudes of women towards spousal battering and to assess the association between women＇s attitudes and the likelihood of being abused. The paper utilizes secondary data from the 2007 Zambia Demographic Health Survey （ZDHS）. Results show that the younger women were more likely to justify wife beating when compared to older women （P 〈 0.05）. Women from urban areas （68%） with middle income background （71%） were more likely to agree that wife beating is justified compared to rural women （56%） and women with a higher income background （51%）. Women who had attained secondary level of education were 1.3 times more likely to report that wife beating was justified compared to those from higher levels of education. Women whose husbands drunk alcohol were 1.2 times more likely to report that wife beating was justified compared to those women whose husbands never drunk alcohol. The results from the analysis suggests that age, marital duration, place of residence, wealth index, partner＇s wife and husband＇s educational level, number of children and husband＇s alcohol consumption contributed to justification of spousal battering.展开更多
To the Editor:Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder, accounting for the majority of cases of dementia. The global prevalence of AD is rising, representing an increasing challenge for old...To the Editor:Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder, accounting for the majority of cases of dementia. The global prevalence of AD is rising, representing an increasing challenge for older individuals and their families.[1] Seven out of every ten patients with AD receive informal care at home, relying on co-resident family members, especially spouses.[2] However, cultural differences exist in the effects of the disorder. For example, Chinese caregivers of patients with dementia had higher scores on measures of depression and caregiver burden compared with caregivers of patients with dementia in Western societies.[3] It is important to consider that AD not only affects the patient but also their caregivers, particularly spousal caregivers who spend more than half their time with the patient.[4] As AD progresses, patients become increasingly dependent on caregivers. Meanwhile, there is an increasingly heavy caregiver burden, characterized as the physical, psychological, or emotional, social, and financial problems experienced by family members who care for impaired older adults.[5] Additionally, it is frequently reported that sleep disturbance symptoms are associated with health consequences among AD caregivers.[6]展开更多
Below-replacement fertility has spread from developed industrialized countries to some developing countries, including China. Based on the theory of the transformation of intimacy, this study utilizes the data from th...Below-replacement fertility has spread from developed industrialized countries to some developing countries, including China. Based on the theory of the transformation of intimacy, this study utilizes the data from the Xi'an Special Survey on Child Rearing Costs and Fertility Intentions to explore the impact of spousal relationships on the fertility intentions of young urban couples and gender differences in this regard in terms of power relations, distribution of responsibility, and emotional connection. The study reveals that 1) an inverse J-shaped relationship(initially showing a decline followed by a rise) exists between family power equalization and fertility intentions, especially for women;2) the greater the husband's share of housework, the less he will desire fertility, but a wife's level of satisfaction with her husband's housework sharing increases her fertility motivation;and 3) frequent spousal interactions and emotional intimacy contribute to increased fertility intentions, especially on the part of women. From the perspective of the transformation of intimacy, the above results suggest that the impact of spousal relationships on young couples' fertility intentions is increasingly strong and that continued promotion of gender equality in the family sphere is of great significance to reversing low total fertility rates.展开更多
A family violence case tried in the Fangcheng County Court in Henan Province on June 18,1997, created an uproar. Plaintiff Yu Xiumei married a young local man by the name of Hu Dongpo some two years ago. Prior to
提示:本文的标题可译:严重的夫妻口角提升血压。血压,看来是非常脆弱的,夫妇间的口角,也会引起血压的提升。本文有一句可以让读者窥见,西方夫妇之间的常见龃龉:...wishing the partner would spend more or less time with in-laws,part...提示:本文的标题可译:严重的夫妻口角提升血压。血压,看来是非常脆弱的,夫妇间的口角,也会引起血压的提升。本文有一句可以让读者窥见,西方夫妇之间的常见龃龉:...wishing the partner would spend more or less time with in-laws,participate more in housework or childcare,spend less money or make changes intheir sex life.(希望对方和姻亲多待一些或少待一些时间,做更多的家务,多关心小孩,少花钱,在性生活方面有些改变)展开更多
文摘Objectives:Fear of recurrence(FoR)is a common psychological burden in cerebral glioma patients.Spousal emotional support and self-disclosure may help mitigate FoR,yet their roles in this population are unclear.This study aimed to explore the association between FoR,spousal emotional support,and self-disclosure in patients with cerebral glioma.Methods:Patients with cerebral glioma were assessed using the Fear of Progression Questionnaire-Short Form(FoP-Q-SF),Perceived Social Support Scale(PSSS),Distress Disclosure Index(DDI),and Acceptance and Action Questionnaire(AAQ).Pearson correlation analysis was conducted to examine the relationships among the scale scores,while multiple linear regression analysis was performed to identify factors influencing FoR in these patients.A structural equation model(SEM)was constructed to analyze the pathways of influence among FoR,spousal emotional support,and self-disclosure.Results:FoR was significantly negatively correlated with spousal emotional support,self-disclosure,and psychological flexibility(r=−0.3986,−0.3206,−0.4547,respectively;all p<0.05),while spousal emotional support and self-disclosure were significantly positively correlated with psychological flexibility(r=0.2457,0.2776,respectively;all p<0.05).Regression analysis revealed that self-funded medical insurance,unmarried/other marital status,lack of religious belief,and lower scores of spousal emotional support,self-disclosure,and psychological flexibility were risk factors for increased FoR.The SEM demonstrated an acceptable model fit.Psychological flexibility was found to mediate the relationship between self-disclosure and FoR,indicating that self-disclosure not only had a direct negative effect on FoR but also exerted an indirect negative effect through its positive influence on psychological flexibility.Conclusion:FoR is prevalent among patients with cerebral glioma.Spousal emotional support and self-disclosure were identified as independent influencing factors of FoR.While spousal emotional support directly affected FoR,self-disclosure influenced it both directly and indirectly through the mediation of psychological flexibility.
文摘Objective:To assess and compare the relationship between spousal communication,fertility preference,and other factors with contraceptive use among married couples in Ekiti State,Nigeria.Methods:This cross-sectional study was carried out in AdoEkiti Local Government Area of Ekiti State,Nigeria between the 12th of August 2017 and the 15th of February 2018.A pre-tested,semi-structured interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from 976 respondents by a multi-stage sampling technique.Data were analyzed(univariate,bivariate,and binary logistic regression analysis)using SPSS version 24.0.Factors that showed statistical significance(P<0.05)were included in a binary logistic regression to determine significant predictors of contraceptive use.Results:The proportion of respondents currently using contraceptives was 56.9%.The education status of the respondents revealed that those with primary education were more likely to use contraceptives than those without formal education[adjusted odds ratio(aOR)8.4,95%confidence interval(CI)1.97-36.2,P<0.001].Respondents with fair spousal communication were more likely to use contraceptive than those with poor communication(aOR 4.9,95%CI 2.80-8.71,P<0.001).In addition,fertility preference of 4 or less children was found to be significantly associated with contraceptive use(aOR 3.0,95%CI 1.67-5.50,P<0.001)compared to a preference of more than 4 children.Finally,the urban respondents were more likely to use contraceptives than those in the rural setting(aOR 1.7,95%CI 1.16-2.41,P=0.047).Conclusions:Educational status,residential site,spousal communication,and fertility preference significantly influence the level of contraceptive use among married couples.Couples should endeavor to discuss more on issues bordering on their fertility preference and contraceptive issue.Government should formulate policies to improve the rural uptake of contraceptives using identified target interventions.
文摘To investigate factors related to resumption of smoking by women after childbirth, the smoking habits of 241 postnatal women, who initially had stopped smoking after pregnancy, in a rural city in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, were studied at 5 - 6 days, 1 month, and 12 months after childbirth. At 1 month after childbirth, only nine women had resumed smoking, but a total of 40 women had resumed smoking after 12 months. Factors related to smoking resumption after childbirth included the switching from breast feeding to bottle feeding and the influence of smoking by their spouses. Spousal smoking is an important factor in the resumption of smoking by women after childbirth.
文摘Assortative mating, the tendency for mate selection to occur on the basis of similar traits plays an essential role in understanding the genetic variation on academic achievements and intelligence (IQ), it is also an important mechanism explaining spousal concordance. We used a subset of The Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism sample to study the mating patterns in 84 pairs of spouses from Caucasian families with their academic achievements (reading, spelling, arithmetic, vocabulary and comprehension) and IQ (verbal IQ, performance IQ and full scale IQ). Simple correlation analysis showed that 6 of these 8 traits revealed evidence of spousal correlation (P < 0.05). The first principal component (PC1) of husbands explains 73.61% for the variation in the eight variables, which has high loadings from reading, spelling, arithmetic, verbal IQ and full scale IQ while PC1 of wives explains 72.86% for the variation in the eight variables, which has high loadings from reading, spelling, verbal IQ and full scale IQ. There was highly significant positive correlation between spouses by PC1 (P < 0.0001). The new variable PC1 may be important in spousal concordance and mate selection in society and act upon achievements and intelligence levels.
文摘Gender based violence （GBV） is a worldwide scourge and spousal battering has been found to be a common form of GBV. The objective of this paper was to examine the attitudes of women towards spousal battering and to assess the association between women＇s attitudes and the likelihood of being abused. The paper utilizes secondary data from the 2007 Zambia Demographic Health Survey （ZDHS）. Results show that the younger women were more likely to justify wife beating when compared to older women （P 〈 0.05）. Women from urban areas （68%） with middle income background （71%） were more likely to agree that wife beating is justified compared to rural women （56%） and women with a higher income background （51%）. Women who had attained secondary level of education were 1.3 times more likely to report that wife beating was justified compared to those from higher levels of education. Women whose husbands drunk alcohol were 1.2 times more likely to report that wife beating was justified compared to those women whose husbands never drunk alcohol. The results from the analysis suggests that age, marital duration, place of residence, wealth index, partner＇s wife and husband＇s educational level, number of children and husband＇s alcohol consumption contributed to justification of spousal battering.
基金This work was supported by the General science and technology project of Zhejiang Provincial Administration of traditional Chinese Medicine(No.2015ZA048)the Medical Science and Technology Project co-founded by Zhejiang Province and Health Ministry of China(2016152769)the National Key Technology R&D Program of China(No.2016YFC1306402,No.2015BAI13B01),respectively.
文摘To the Editor:Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder, accounting for the majority of cases of dementia. The global prevalence of AD is rising, representing an increasing challenge for older individuals and their families.[1] Seven out of every ten patients with AD receive informal care at home, relying on co-resident family members, especially spouses.[2] However, cultural differences exist in the effects of the disorder. For example, Chinese caregivers of patients with dementia had higher scores on measures of depression and caregiver burden compared with caregivers of patients with dementia in Western societies.[3] It is important to consider that AD not only affects the patient but also their caregivers, particularly spousal caregivers who spend more than half their time with the patient.[4] As AD progresses, patients become increasingly dependent on caregivers. Meanwhile, there is an increasingly heavy caregiver burden, characterized as the physical, psychological, or emotional, social, and financial problems experienced by family members who care for impaired older adults.[5] Additionally, it is frequently reported that sleep disturbance symptoms are associated with health consequences among AD caregivers.[6]
基金a phased result of "The Influence Mechanism and Promotion Strategy of Childhood Left-behind Experience on the Social Adaptation of New-Generation Rural Migrant Workers" supported by the National Social Science Fund of China (19BRK037)。
文摘Below-replacement fertility has spread from developed industrialized countries to some developing countries, including China. Based on the theory of the transformation of intimacy, this study utilizes the data from the Xi'an Special Survey on Child Rearing Costs and Fertility Intentions to explore the impact of spousal relationships on the fertility intentions of young urban couples and gender differences in this regard in terms of power relations, distribution of responsibility, and emotional connection. The study reveals that 1) an inverse J-shaped relationship(initially showing a decline followed by a rise) exists between family power equalization and fertility intentions, especially for women;2) the greater the husband's share of housework, the less he will desire fertility, but a wife's level of satisfaction with her husband's housework sharing increases her fertility motivation;and 3) frequent spousal interactions and emotional intimacy contribute to increased fertility intentions, especially on the part of women. From the perspective of the transformation of intimacy, the above results suggest that the impact of spousal relationships on young couples' fertility intentions is increasingly strong and that continued promotion of gender equality in the family sphere is of great significance to reversing low total fertility rates.
文摘A family violence case tried in the Fangcheng County Court in Henan Province on June 18,1997, created an uproar. Plaintiff Yu Xiumei married a young local man by the name of Hu Dongpo some two years ago. Prior to
文摘提示:本文的标题可译:严重的夫妻口角提升血压。血压,看来是非常脆弱的,夫妇间的口角,也会引起血压的提升。本文有一句可以让读者窥见,西方夫妇之间的常见龃龉:...wishing the partner would spend more or less time with in-laws,participate more in housework or childcare,spend less money or make changes intheir sex life.(希望对方和姻亲多待一些或少待一些时间,做更多的家务,多关心小孩,少花钱,在性生活方面有些改变)
