JuniperPublishers-Psychology and Behavioral Science

Journal of Psychology - JuniperPublishers Are you unhappy with your significant other at the moment? Above all, your romantic partner? Experiencing feelings of frustration, anger, or resentment from time to time when you feel unheard? Gottman (1999) maintains that it is normal as long as you don’t hold on to it or feel superior to your partner in any way. Holding on to anger is unhealthy. Forgive and move on. After all, we all have things we can improve on. Communicate with your partner about what is bothering you and why. Work together as a team to find solutions that work. Reach an understanding. It might help to try to remember your Love Map; that is, how you met and fell in love. Understanding who your partner is and what makes him/her happy is beneficial. Who knows, you may discover something about your partner others are not aware of. This may strengthen your bond together. Be willing to express admiration and respect. The Sound Relationship House (SRH) created by Gottman (...

Journal of Psychology - JuniperPublishers Introduction When we think about forgiveness we often think of something we confer on others- I forgive you. In truth we cannot forgive others without understanding our difficulties in forgiving ourselves. Forgiving oneself for addictive behavior is immensely difficult; alcohol, heroin or your drug of choice pulled you away from the world of the living. When you enter into a full time relationship with drugs your human relationships fade in importance. Addictions do this to people, regardless of who you are or where you came from. Do not allow your world to become narrow, for your shame and grief for the pain you have caused can make you avoid the very people you need the most. It is quite possible, if you are open to a process that involves acceptance of human frailty and imperfections, to forgive yourself. I have seen people return from the abyss of shame and guilt to a position of understanding and forgiveness thousands of time. Whe...

Journal of Psychology - JuniperPublishers Abstract Changing scenario of the world of work has created many things in our daily life. It is a fact that the word change is constant but the term being globalized in the sense that every moment we need change due to fast pace of development. Change is inevitable and no one can deny unless they taste. Change is the spice of life. It makes life worth living. Most of the time it provides us positive benefits but sometimes it causes tension, frustration and stress as well. That’s why stress has also become a part of our daily life. Stress occurs when biological, psychological and external demands are greater than the ability of an individual to adapt. Daily life is being adversely affected now-a-days by stress and it deteriorates our life satisfaction and at this juncture every individual especially aged needs social support for maintaining his degree of life satisfaction. Introduction Life satisfaction, morale and happ...