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The Building Strong Families Program (BSF) is part of the Healthy Marriage Initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, "to learn whether well-designed interventions can help couples fulfill their aspirations for a healthy relationship, marriage, and a strong family." [1]
The Supporting Healthy Marriage Project (SHM) is part of the Healthy Marriage Initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, that was launched in 2003 as "the first large-scale, multisite, multiyear, rigorous test of marriage education programs for low-income married couples ...
The stress-buffering model proposes that social support acts as a buffer against the negative effects of stress occurring outside the relationship. [21] Both models have received empirical support, depending on how social support is conceptualized and measured. [21] Marriage should be a strong source of social support in both models. [1]
National Marriage Week’s spokesperson, Arlene Pellicane, just released a book that speaks directly to this issue. Her book, "Making Marriage Easier; How To Love (and like) Your Spouse For Life ...
Proponents of marriage as a solution argue that because dual-earner households tend to have higher incomes than single-parent families, an economic and social imperative exists to encourage marriage.
Psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors and social workers historically dealt primarily with individual psychological problems within a medical and psychoanalytic framework. [6] In many cultures, the institution of the family or group elders fulfill the role of relationship counseling; marriage mentoring mirrors these cultures.
Desired support refers to the ideal amount of support that a person would like to receive from their partner or social network. Most research on this topic suggests that due to their negative interpretation bias of interpersonal relationships, socially anxious individuals tend to perceive less received support from their social network.
The Social Security Administration (SSA) recently updated its Equity Action Plan. The SSA said increasing access to programs and improving services is the main goal. One of the new focus areas is...