CYCLE OF MARRIED LIFE: MOMENTS OF PREDICTABLE AND UNPREDICTABLE STRESS THROUGHOUT MARRIAGE

Authors

  • Aline Amaral Mussumeci UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO RIO DE JANEIRO
  • Edna Lucia Tinoco Ponciano UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO RIO DE JANEIRO

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5752/P.1678-9563.2019v25n3p1171-1193

Keywords:

Life cycle. Stress. Marriage.

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to analyze the stress and coping strategies during the cycle of married life, bringing excerpts from interviews of a qualitative study of heterosexual couples of intact (nuclear) middle-class families in Rio de Janeiro and Curitiba. The way spouses deal with the situations of stress and various changes related to marriage development, may have bring consequences for the couple during the life cycle. We conducted semi-structured interviews, following a script and recorded in audio. After transcription, we carried out a content analysis. We concluded that the initial moment of marriage is the most stressful one and the other periods of the life cycle mirror the confrontation that was initially built, being the foundation for later coping experiences, lived throughout the marital trajectory.

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Author Biographies

Aline Amaral Mussumeci, UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO RIO DE JANEIRO

Mestra em Psicologia Social pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ).

Edna Lucia Tinoco Ponciano, UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO RIO DE JANEIRO

Professora adjunta do Instituto de Psicologia da UERJ, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brasil. Endereço: Instituto de Psicologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.

Published

2020-09-29

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Artigos / Articles / Artículos