Couple Relationships in a Global Context: Understanding Love and Intimacy Across Cultures: European Family Therapy Association Series
Editat de Angela Abela, Sue Vella, Suzanne Piscopoen Limba Engleză Hardback – 4 apr 2020
Topics featured in this book include:
- Couple relationships when one partner has an acquired physical disability.
- Impact of smartphones on relationships.
- Online dating and its implications for couple relationships.
- Assessment and intervention in situations of infidelity and non-monogamy.
- Parenting interventions for the transition from partnership to parenthood.
- Online couple psychotherapy to support emotional links between long distance partners.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9783030377113
ISBN-10: 3030377113
Pagini: 435
Ilustrații: XXVII, 435 p. 11 illus., 6 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.82 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2020
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Springer
Seria European Family Therapy Association Series
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland
ISBN-10: 3030377113
Pagini: 435
Ilustrații: XXVII, 435 p. 11 illus., 6 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.82 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2020
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Springer
Seria European Family Therapy Association Series
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland
Cuprins
Part 1: The significance of the couple relationship.- Chapter 1. Understanding couple relationships in a global context: Love and intimacy across cultures.- Chapter 2. The significance of the couple relationship in the 21st century.- Part 2: How couple relationships are changing in different parts of the world.- Chapter 3. The existential and relational meaning of love and intimacy for couples in Scandinavia.- Chapter 4. The evolution of the couple in France over the past 30 years.- Chapter 5. Changing couple relationships in India.- Chapter 6. Couple relationships in the Arab region: Changes and renegotiations.- Chapter 7. Couple relationships in China.- Chapter 8. Couple relationships in Mediterranean Malta.- Part 3: Couples in Diversity.- Chapter 9. Home is where the heart is: Aporias of love and belonging in intercultural couples.- Chapter 10. Stigma, social change and the well-being of same-sex couples.- Chapter 11. Falling in love in later life.- Chapter 12. Polygynous marriages: An Arab-Islamic perspective.- Chapter 13. The couple relationship when one of the partners has an acquired physical disability.- Part 4: Global trends in couple relationships.- Chapter 14. Framing couples in the media: Coupledom, wellbeing and comedy.- Chapter 15. Keeping couples together when apart, and driving them apart when together: Exploring the impact of smartphones on relationships in the UK.- Chapter 16. Online dating: Modern options of searching for a partner and its implications for psychotherapy.- Chapter 17. Fidelity, infidelity and non-monogamy.- Chapter 18. Understanding long-term couple relationships.- Chapter 19. Why and how couples leave relationships: A 21st century landscape.- Chapter 20. Between the couple and living alone.- Part 5: Supporting couple relationships.- Chapter 21. Systemic therapy and narratives of attachment.- Chapter 22. Supporting parents as partners: The couple context of parenting, a personal and academic.- Chapter 23. Supporting links between Living Apart Together couples through Online Couple Therapy.- Chapter 24. No couple is an island. Communities of support in couple relationships.- Chapter 25. Policy perspectives on couple relationships.
Notă biografică
Angela Abela, PhD, is a Professor and founding Head of the Department of Family Studies at the University of Malta, where she teaches clinical psychology and family therapy trainees, Master students in Family Studies, and supervises research. She chairs the National Centre for Family Research of the Malta Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society. As a clinical psychologist, family therapist and systemic supervisor she works with couples, children and their families and supervises practitioners working in this area. She is a consultant for Parliament and the Maltese government. She is lead author of the Strategic Policy on Positive Parenting for Malta launched in 2016. Angela has served as an expert for the Council of Europe in the area of children and families for many years. Her research projects include studies on marital satisfaction, couple conflict and family violence, families living in poverty, lone parent families, parenting, and children in out-of-home care. In2014, she co-edited Contemporary Issues in Family Studies: Global Perspectives on Partnerships, Parenting and Support in a Changing World with Wiley-Blackwell and coauthored Intervening after violence, Therapy for couples and families with Springer (2017). She is an associate editor of Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, an international advisory editor of Contemporary Family Therapy and is on the editorial board of Children Australia.
Sue Vella, PhD, is a senior lecturer in the Department of Social Policy and Social Work at the University of Malta, where she lectures in social policy. Prior to joining University, Sue had almost twenty years’ experience in the public sector. After graduating, she was a founder member of the Domestic Violence Unit in what is today known as the Foundation for Social Welfare Services. She has since held top management positions at the Employment and Training Corporation and Malta Enterprise and has served on various organisational boards and policy committees. She was a member of the EU’s Employment Committee for seven years, including two years as Vice-President and Chair of the Committee’s technical group. Sue is currently a member of the National Centre for Family Research, Chairperson of the Church’s Institute for Research in Malta, and a member of the Board of Trustees of Richmond Malta. Her research interests include families, the mixed economy of care, housing, employment and migration, and has recently published on long-term care; poverty in the media; and wellbeing.
Suzanne Piscopo, PhD, is the founding Head of the Department of Health, Physical Education and Consumer Studies in the Faculty of Education, University of Malta. She is an Associate Professor in Nutrition, Family and Consumer Studies, mainly training prospective Home Economists, teachers and early childhood educators. Professor Piscopo is a Registered Nutritionist and Registered European Health Promotion Practitioner and is frequently invited as a guest speaker in school and community events and on the media, tackling subjects related to food, health, consumption and finance within the family and societal context. She is currently involved in various international and national projects addressing social determinants of health, the Mediterranean Diet, elderly health, prison health and sustainability education. Over the years, Professor Piscopo has been appointed to multiple national Councils and Advisory Committees. She is a member of the National Centre for Family Research within the Malta Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society and is co-researcher in studies on couple relationships and on access to quality food.
Sue Vella, PhD, is a senior lecturer in the Department of Social Policy and Social Work at the University of Malta, where she lectures in social policy. Prior to joining University, Sue had almost twenty years’ experience in the public sector. After graduating, she was a founder member of the Domestic Violence Unit in what is today known as the Foundation for Social Welfare Services. She has since held top management positions at the Employment and Training Corporation and Malta Enterprise and has served on various organisational boards and policy committees. She was a member of the EU’s Employment Committee for seven years, including two years as Vice-President and Chair of the Committee’s technical group. Sue is currently a member of the National Centre for Family Research, Chairperson of the Church’s Institute for Research in Malta, and a member of the Board of Trustees of Richmond Malta. Her research interests include families, the mixed economy of care, housing, employment and migration, and has recently published on long-term care; poverty in the media; and wellbeing.
Suzanne Piscopo, PhD, is the founding Head of the Department of Health, Physical Education and Consumer Studies in the Faculty of Education, University of Malta. She is an Associate Professor in Nutrition, Family and Consumer Studies, mainly training prospective Home Economists, teachers and early childhood educators. Professor Piscopo is a Registered Nutritionist and Registered European Health Promotion Practitioner and is frequently invited as a guest speaker in school and community events and on the media, tackling subjects related to food, health, consumption and finance within the family and societal context. She is currently involved in various international and national projects addressing social determinants of health, the Mediterranean Diet, elderly health, prison health and sustainability education. Over the years, Professor Piscopo has been appointed to multiple national Councils and Advisory Committees. She is a member of the National Centre for Family Research within the Malta Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society and is co-researcher in studies on couple relationships and on access to quality food.
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This book examines the significance of the couple relationship in the 21st century, exploring in depth how couple relationships are changing in different parts of the world. It highlights global trends and cultural variations that are shaping couple relationships. The book discusses diverse relationships, such as intercultural couples, same sex couples, long distance couples, polygynous marriages, and later life couples. In addition, chapters offer suggestions for ways to best support couples through policy, clinical practices, and community support. The book also investigates aspects of a relationship that help predict fidelity and stability.
Topics featured in this book include:
- Couple relationships when one partner has an acquired physical disability.
- Impact of smartphones on relationships.
- Online dating and its implications for couple relationships.
- Assessment and intervention in situations of infidelity and non-monogamy.
- Parenting interventions for the transition from partnership to parenthood.
- Online couple psychotherapy to support emotional links between long distance partners.
Caracteristici
Analyzes cultural variations in couple relationships from around the world Offers ways to best support couples through policy, clinical practice, and community support Discusses diverse relationships such as intercultural couples, same sex couples, those living apart together, and those falling in love in later life