Impact of Romantic Relationship Dissolution on Mental Health and Quality of Life
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Mental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 November 2021) | Viewed by 708
Special Issue Editors
Interests: romantic relationships; relationships and mental health; singlehood; relationship matching; divorce; relationship dissolution; digital health solutions; pornography; sexual functions and dysfunctions; attractiveness research; sexual arousal patterns; reproductive health; old age sexuality; sexuality and mental health
Interests: romantic relationships; divorce; relationship dissolution; behavioral and psychoeducational interventions; relationships/sexuality and mental health; quality of life; health-related quality of life; sexual health; sexual functioning; sexual satisfaction; sexual orientation; psychometrics; scale development; scale validation
Interests: romantic relationships; intimate partner violence; partner communication; relationship dissolution; relationship and partner schemas; attachment theory; self-determination theory; emotional ambivalence; sexuality in romantic relationships; digital health interventions; actor-partner-interdependence modeling; multi-level modeling; daily diary methodologies; experimental research designs
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Romantic relationships are core to most people’s lives. Most people have experienced or will experience one or more significant romantic relationship dissolutions during their life course. This may be in the shape of romantic relationship breakups, separation, divorce, or as children of parents who divorce. It may also take the form of the death of a partner. For some, a sense of relief will follow from relationship dissolution, while for most, it is either a traumatic or an ambivalent experience. Either way, romantic relationship dissolution usually affects our mental health and quality of life for a prolonged period. Therefore, in this exciting Special Edition of IJERPH, we wish to focus on either temporary or permanent romantic relationship dissolution and its impact on our mental health and quality of life. We welcome both theoretical and empirical contributions, scale and measurement development papers, and intervention descriptions and results related to the topic. Further, we encourage studies including minority groups and children. We look forward to working closely with you, and we hope that, together, we can make an important Special Issue contribution to this important area of research.
Prof. Dr. Gert Martin Hald
Dr. Jenna Marie Strizzi
Dr. Camilla S. Øverup
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- relationship dissolution
- relationship breakup
- marital dissolution
- divorce
- separation
- death of a spouse
- children with divorced parents
- mental health
- quality of life well-being
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