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"Successively, Selekman explains that fostering therapist-client cooperation is purposive use of self-disclosure, the use of humor, normalizing, demonstrating cultural and gender sensitivity, and therapeutic compliments. Mark Twain once said, 'Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.' Humor can help generate a relaxed atmosphere, influence the client from his or her concerns, and heal those in pain. Madanes (1984) contend that what makes change possible is the therapist's ability to be confident and to see what is funny or desirable in a dire situation'. Laughter releases hormones from the

Research in the field of couples and family counseling is very limited, one of the many reasons for this is the lack of governmental funding and the fact that relational issues are not view as diagnosable mental illnesses. It is important to note that what little research exists will be of great use to a practitioner. This is because what we can learn from this research is the factors of satisfied/unsatisfied couples/families, communication patterns of a satisfied/distressed couple/family, or if marriage/divorce rates are projected to grow/shrink.

Partners each completed the 32-item Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS; Spanier, 1976), a self-report measure of marital satisfaction. Scores range from 0 to 151, with higher scores indicating marital satisfaction. Items reflect levels of satisfaction, affection, cohesion, and the amount of disagreement in the relationship. The DAS has been shown to have good internal consistency, with alphas typically in the low to mid .90’s (Spanier, 1989), as well as good test-retest reliability and discriminant validity (Spanier, 1976, 1989). Internal consistencies of .89 and .87 were found in the overall sample for husbands and wives, respectively (Atkins et al.,

In today’s society it seems that divorce is as common as marriage. Statistics have shown that 50% of all marriages will end in divorce. In looking at the information available I decided to look at common causes of divorce and look how each one affects the marriage and creates dissension and animosity in the relationship.

According to Kim Olver, around 50 percent of marriages in the U.S. end in divorce. It is important to take a look what makes couples unhappiness unhappy (make couple 다음에는 couple 의 상태가 나와야 하므로 형용사가 적절합니다) and lead them to divorce. Today even the couple who seemed ideal divorces, and we are wondering the reason of the couple’s divorce. So many real problems in married life can occur, and it is true that the causes of divorce vary from couple to couple. However, such as the (가산명사의 경우는 단수형과 복수형을 반드시 구분해주셔야 합니다) lack of communication skill, money, and major changes in priorities are the (most 가 최상급으로 쓰였으므로 앞에 the 가 붙어야 합니다) most common causes of divorce in U.S.A.

The most disturbing myth is the one that says, "We know practically nothing about the factors that predict a happy marriage." This book was written to debunk the whole set of myths but especially this one, and educate you about the premarital predictors of marriage satisfaction based on over half a century of research.

In this study, social media approach offers a useful method to study the social psychological characteristics of humor within participants with both high degrees of internal and external validity. Internal validity relates to the effect of the psychological behavior of participants once taking the Humor Styles Questionnaire, while external validity relates to a specific category of participants belonging to different

One reason is that a good sense of humor may lead to emotional stability overall, the ability to look at the positive side of an issue (McGee & Shevlin, 2009). Men reported a sense of humor as desirable too, in addition to attractiveness and health, and there was not much difference between the genders (McGee & Shevlin, 2009). It is also thought that a good sense of humor is counted as socially attractive and this is why it is perceived as a healthy quality to have. The participants will also seek out their own attributes, as the participants rated themselves as having a sense of humor which was above average (McGee & Shevlin, 2009).

To measure their satisfaction, the RDAS evaluates and differentiates the couple’s dyadic adjustment in both distressed and nondistressed relationships (Gangamma et al., 2012). Lower scores on this scale indicate greater relationship distress while higher scores indicate greater relationship satisfaction (Gangamma et al., 2012). Thus, both of these measures may aid the therapist in determining each partner’s perception of unfairness and satisfaction within their relationship (Gangamma et al., 2012). These measures also provide the therapist with a greater understanding of where each partner stands in regards to their relationship. Moreover, this greater understanding of the relationship can help the therapist determine a good starting point for contextual couple’s

Words can generate different attitudes, behaviors, and perceptions from a spouse. When we get to know our spouses better, we are aware of the “trigger words” that we should avoid when

Results: The researchers found that high adaptive humor styles (affiliative humor and self-enhancing humor) were related to more positive impressions of another individual. A maladaptive style of humor (aggressive humor and self- defeating humor) correlated with more highly negative impressions of an individual.

Negativity is part of any relationship, but in a stable and happy marriage is minimal and, on the contrary, a positive emotional climate prevails.

ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Scale. Selected subscales from the Marital Satisfaction Scale (Fowers, Olson, 1993) were used. The measure of Personality Issues, Communication, Conflict Resolution, Financial Management, Leisure Activities, Sexual Relationship, Children and Parenting, Family and Friends, Equalitarian Roles, and Religious Orientation as a basis of Marital Satisfaction consisted of 125 items. An example item is: “How satisfied are you with your marriage?” Participants specified the extent to which they endorsed each question using a 5 point

     Marital satisfaction and the contributing factords are of extreme importance at this juncture in our society, though it has become obvious that there is a degeneration of communication and a lack of satisfaction in today’s married couples. This disatisfaction results in the divorce rate being sohigh that it begs the question: how does this marital satisfaction originate?

As humans, laughing and joking is something that comes natural. This is something that we have been doing even before we knew how to walk or talk. As we start to grow up, we all develop personality traits and our humor styles follow. Before taking this course, I have never consider identifying what my humor styles are until now. I took the Humor Style Questionnaire (Martin et al. 2003) and calculated that my top humor style is self-enhancing and closely following is affiliative. Throughout this paper I am going to reflect on my top humor styles with personal examples, and how it relates to my mental health, with several methods I can use to make myself healthier and happier. I will also be considering the other two styles and how then do not relate to my humor style and mental health.