scholarly journals BOOK REVIEW: THE TRAPPED TUNISIAN SOCIETY'S IN CULTURAL ALIENATION: LANGUAGE HANDICAP AND TROUBLED IDENTITY

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-170
Author(s):  
MOHAMED BERRACHED
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Necessary Conditions ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Cultural Alienation

The author’s longitudinal study of the issue of languages has led him to find out that normal relationships, which people usually have with their own languages require four necessary conditions: 1- They must speak to each other only in their own languages 2- They must use them in writing 3- They must have good knowledge of the meanings of the words of their languages as well as of their grammatical and spelling rules. 4- The full practice of 1,2 and 3 by the citizens and the institutions in societies leads to intimate relationships with the languages: love the languages, defend them and be proud of them.

Two-Wave Dyadic Analysis of Marital Quality and Loneliness in Later Life: Results From the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 635-656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey E. Stokes
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Induction Hypothesis ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Marital Quality ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Dyadic Analysis ◽  
Cognitive Perspective

This study examines dyadic reports of marital quality and loneliness over a two-year period among 932 older married couples resident in Ireland. Data from the first two waves of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (2009–2013) were analyzed to determine whether husbands’ and wives’ marital quality and loneliness at baseline predicted both spouses’ loneliness 2 years later. Two-wave lagged models tested the cognitive perspective on loneliness, the induction hypothesis, and actor–partner interdependence. Results indicated that perceptions of negative marital quality at baseline were related with greater loneliness 2 years later, supporting the cognitive perspective. Further, both spouses’ reports of loneliness at baseline were related with loneliness 2 years later, supporting the induction hypothesis. Partners’ reports of marital quality were not related with future loneliness, failing to support actor–partner interdependence. I discuss the implications of these findings for theory, practice, and future research concerning intimate relationships and loneliness in later life.

Book Review: Life's Intimate Relationships.

1941 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 208-209
Author(s):  
J. B. Weatherspoon
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Relationships
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