PSY313H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Civil Marriage Act, Child Custody, Biopsychosocial Model
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2: men almost 4x more likely than women to be living in a couple at 85+ 3: divorced people have lower wellbeing, poorer health, higher mortality, more mental health problems, less satisfying sex lives and more negative life events. Remarriage: 2/3 won"t remarry, those who don"t remarry are in poorer health (chronic conditions and depressive symptoms) In divorced oa, more physical limitations: certain people are more likely to divorce and remarry many times: divorce rate 10% higher in remarried persons compared to first marriages, divorce-proneness, infidelity, intimacy difficulties correlated with divorce by late 50s. Mediation: cooperative dispute settlement, case worker instead of lawyers, significant decline in conflict, especially within first year. Important component of happy relationships, even in oa: physically healthy oa maintain desire to have sex. Reconstructing the pathway: marital discords affect wellbeing, more depression and anxiety, lower self-esteem and life satisfaction, couples therapy is effective for promoting positive change. 5: dysfunctional interactive patterns actively dealt with, communication.
