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Father and Daughter Motives and Satisfaction

February 10, 2019July 29, 2017 by admin

There are few studies in the communication discipline dealing with father/daughter relationships and methods for increasing satisfaction within these relationships. This study investigates the motives fathers and daughters have when communicating with each other and how these motives affect relationship satisfaction. Results indicated that daughters communicated mainly with their fathers for the following motives: affection, relaxation, pleasure, and inclusion. Fathers reported communicating with their daughters for pleasure, affection, and relaxation. Findings indicate a means of increasing satisfaction among father/daughter relationships by encouraging communication that incorporates statements of affection and pleasure. Prior research on daughters’ communication behaviors with their parents has shown that daughters have specific reasons for communicating with their parents. Fitzpatrick and Badzinski (1984) reported that parents communicate with their children for two reasons: to control their behaviors or actions and to express support. Yet, little is known about satisfaction concerning communication motives of children communicating with their parents and whether the motives are interrelated. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to gain...

Long-Term Effects of the Death of a Child on Parents’ Adjustment in Midlife

November 17, 2018October 28, 2017 by admin

Abstract

The death of a child is a traumatic event that can have long-term effects on the lives of parents. This study examined bereaved parents of deceased children (infancy to age 34) and comparison parents with similar backgrounds (n = 428 per group) identified in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. An average of 18.05 years following the death, when parents were age 53, bereaved parents reported more depressive symptoms, poorer well-being, and more health problems and were more likely to have experienced a depressive episode and marital disruption than were comparison parents. Recovery from grief was associated with having a sense of life purpose and having additional children but was unrelated to the cause of death or the amount of time since the death. The results point to the need for detection and intervention to help those parents who are experiencing lasting grief...

My Wife Died After Giving Birth

November 17, 2018October 28, 2017 by admin

When Judah Schiller talks about how he met his wife, Galit, his voice gets soft. "I was 25 at the time and scuba diving in the Red Sea," the executive vice president of Saatchi & Saatchi S reminisces. "You can imagine: pillows, campfire, the beautiful water, the brown hues of the desert. I was sitting there trying to charm these two very lovely French models, and Galit sat down a few pillows away from us. She was a very pretty woman, and I could tell she was kind of eavesdropping, so I invited her to join the conversation."

The models left, and the couple watched the sun set over the Sinai Mountains, beginning a charmed courtship that resulted in their 1998 marriage. Shortly afterward, they settled in San Francisco, where their first son, Tomer, was born in 1999. In 2002, they had their daughter, Naomi....