Support from health care providers and the psychological adjustment of individuals experiencing infertility.

Objective: To examine the relationship between support from health care providers and psychological adjustment for men and women experiencing infertility.

Design: Survey research using confidential self-administered questionnaires.

Participants: One hundred twenty individuals experiencing infertility within their couple relationship participated in this study (60.

Male-initiated partner abuse during marital separation prior to divorce.

The purpose of this study was to assess predictors of male-initiated psychological and physical partner abuse during the separation process prior to divorce among a sample of 80 divorced fathers who reported no physical violence during their marriages. The predictor variables examined were male gender-role identity, female-initiated divorces, dependence on one's former wife, depression, anxiety, and coparental conflict. Through ordinary least square (OLS) regression techniques, it was found that male gender-role identity was positively related to male-initiated psychological abuse during separation.

Confirmatory factor analysis of the Family Emotional Involvement and Criticism Scale: evidence of the dimensionality of expressed emotion.

Using a convenience sample of 152 married couples, the present study tested models that alternately considered family members' perceptions of Expressed Emotion to be a one-, two-, three-, or four-factor construct as measured by the Family Emotional Involvement and Criticism Scale. Results of confirmatory factor analysis procedures indicated that perceptions of Expressed Emotion were best represented by a four-factor model that consisted of involvement, criticism, upset feelings, and approval. The methodological implications of these findings are discussed.

Nonresidential father involvement: a test of a mid-range theory.

This study tested a theoretical model of postdivorce involvement of nonresidential fathers with their children. The hypotheses were (a) that postdivorce father involvement is related to father parenting role identity, role clarity, child relationship quality, and father role hierarchy ranking; and (b) that several variables serve as moderators for the relationship between father parenting role identity and father involvement. Data were collected via self-report questionnaires administered to 101 fathers.

Utilization of the Brief Symptom inventory to discriminate between violent and nonviolent male relationship partners.

This study reports on the use of the Brief Symptom Inventory, a shortened version of the Symptom Check List-90-Revised, to measure psychopathological symptoms that predict male domestic violence. A sample of 152 men and their partners reported on the severity of violent behavior present in their relationship. Discriminant analysis indicated variation in men's violent status as a function of psychopathological symptoms.