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MARITAL QUALITY AMONG COUPLES LIVING UNDER THE THREAT OF FORCED RELOCATION: THE CASE OF FAMILIES IN THE GOLAN HEIGHTS
Author(s) -
Shamai Michal,
Lev Rachel
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1999.tb01125.x
Subject(s) - relocation , psychology , remarriage , quality (philosophy) , social psychology , political science , law , computer science , philosophy , epistemology , programming language
This study aims to explore how the long period of uncertainty about possible relocation affects the marital quality of the population in the Golan Heights and what forms of coping with this ongoing stress are used. The results, based on both quantitative and qualitative data, indicate a circular process in which the level of stress generated by the uncertainty varies with marital quality and with other personal and family resources, such as potency and an appreciation of the spouse's ability to cope with the stress. Four ways of coping with the uncertainty were observed in in‐depth interviews: fighting, ignoring, postponing, and planning. The results are discussed in terms of their meaning for possible systemic interventions.