Publications by authors named "K Hahlweg"
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- - The study investigates how factors from middle adulthood (like relationship quality and mental health) impact sexual satisfaction in later adulthood within romantic partnerships.
- - It follows families over 18 years, revealing that good relationship quality correlates with higher sexual satisfaction, while mental health issues in parents lead to lower satisfaction for both individuals.
- - The findings suggest that improving relationship quality and mental health could enhance sexual satisfaction in long-term marriages, pointing to the need for targeted interventions.
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- This study investigates the prevalence and long-term patterns of mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, and stress in mothers and fathers over an 18-year period, using data from 316 participants in the Future Family project.
- About 6% of mothers and 8% of fathers experienced clinically relevant depression, while the majority of parents remained stable and healthy across the years, though a small percentage showed chronic symptoms.
- Child mental health issues and mothers' childhood traumas were significant predictors of ongoing mental health challenges for mothers, while no strong prediction factors were identified for fathers, highlighting the need for prevention and therapy programs in Germany.
This study examined the state of mental health, partnerships, and sexual activity of German university students after the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. In June and July 2021, 928 students (23.6 years; 63.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFamily therapy for persons with schizophrenia: neglected yet important.
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci
June 2023
Article Synopsis
- - Since the 1950s, researchers have suggested that family dynamics may contribute to the onset of schizophrenia, but traditional family therapy has had limited success with these families.
- - The introduction of neuroleptic medications changed schizophrenia treatment, leading to increased family stress due to returning patients, and studies showed high "expressed emotion" (EE) environments significantly raise relapse risks.
- - Since 1980, psychoeducational family programs have reduced relapse rates significantly, but despite strong recommendations from guidelines like NICE, family involvement in mental health care remains low, highlighting the need for further research and professional training in family interventions.
Understanding risk factors for relationship dissolution and poor relationship adjustment among couples has been an active area of research in relationship science. One risk factor, non-marital cohabitation, has shown to predict higher rates of relationship dissolution and relationship instability in some samples, but the associations among German parents with children over time are less clear. In this study, we examined the links between non-marital cohabitation and 10-year outcomes (relationship dissolution, relationship adjustment over time, and child internalizing and externalizing symptoms) in 220 German families with preschool-aged children at the initial assessment followed into adolescence.
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