SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online

 
vol.16 issue2The contemporary statute of parenthoodMilitary dictatorship and Psychoanalytic Societies: relations and resonances on praxis author indexsubject indexarticles search
Home Pagealphabetic serial listing  

Services on Demand

article

Indicators

Share


Revista da SPAGESP

Print version ISSN 1677-2970

Abstract

COSTA, Crístofer Batista da  and  MOSMANN, Clarisse Pereira. Marital relationships nowadays: individuals' perceptions in long-term marriages. Rev. SPAGESP [online]. 2015, vol.16, n.2, pp.16-31. ISSN 1677-2970.

Nowadays, the are different forms of being a couple, arising questions on the direction love relationships with have in the long term. This article was aimed at comprehending the perception of people in a long-term marriage about marital relationships nowadays. This is a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory study carried with nine people. Data were submitted to content analysis and results show that, according to participants, our current context affects love relationships processes of getting closer and rupture. These repercussions are target of criticism of the participants, who, based on moral judgments, prevent any improvements. Love relationships go on a transition period, which could be associated to social, economical and cultural changes. These changes are neither negative nor positive, but reflect the complexity of a phenomenon that needs to remain under investigation.

Keywords : marriage; family relations; intimacy; change.

        · abstract in Portuguese | Spanish     · text in Portuguese     · Portuguese ( pdf )

 

Creative Commons License All the contents of this journal, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License