Marital Dialogue – between Conflict, Agreement and Relationship Breakdown
Marital dialogue plays an essential role in shaping the relationship between spouses and supports experiencing personal I in the context of the community – We. In these couples, where dialogue is going well, it fulfils the function of a secure base forming a community based on the foundation of unit...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2016-12-01
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Series: | Journal for Perspectives of Economic Political and Social Integration |
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Online Access: | http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/pepsi.2016.22.issue-1-2/pepsi-2016-0013/pepsi-2016-0013.xml?format=INT |
Summary: | Marital dialogue plays an essential role in shaping the relationship between spouses and supports experiencing personal I in the context of the community – We. In these couples, where dialogue is going well, it fulfils the function of a secure base forming a community based on the foundation of unity. However, contemporary culture denies an interpersonal dialogue the authenticity and engagement, emphasizing individualistic attitudes, preoccupation with oneself, leading to relationship and community disintegration and breakdown. This paper is to present the authors twenty year research into bonds, communication styles, marital conflicts and ways of coping with them. The research shows various issues related to developing the interpersonal dialogue and thus creating bonds and unity in the marriage and family. At first, the research devoted to the transmission of generation patterns in the family is presented and it is followed by presentation of selected psychological factors influencing marriage quality and marital satisfaction. |
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ISSN: | 1733-3911 2300-0945 |