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Chapter XII: SYMPOSIUM ON WAR MARRIAGE AND ITS PROBLEMS (Institute

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addresses on “Preparing for Marriage,” “Counseling Married
Couples,” and “Preserving the Family”).

1. ADAMS, CLIFFORD R., and KERR, JAMES A. (editors),
_Proceedings of the Annual Institute on Marriage and
Home Adjustment_. State College: The Pennsylvania
State College, 1944.

Appendix B

Marriage Counseling Agencies

The American Association of Marriage Counselors (Chairman, Lester W. Dearborn, 316 Huntington Avenue, Boston, and Secretary, Robert W. Laidlaw, M.D., 563 Park Avenue, New York) is a professional organization of qualified ethical marriage counselors. By writing either the chairman or the secretary, the name and address of a capable counselor in your vicinity may be obtained.

Other marriage counselors (or agencies) in colleges or universities are listed below, some of whom are affiliated with the American Association of Marriage Counselors.

Alabama: University of Alabama, Dr. Pauline Park Wilson
California: University of California (Berkeley), Dr. Noel Keys
Indiana: Anderson College, Dr. Carl Kardatzke
Iowa: Iowa State College, Dr. Reuben Hill
Massachusetts: Mt. Holyoke, Dr. Manfred H. Kuhn
Michigan: Merrill-Palmer School (Detroit), Dr. Robert G. Foster
Missouri: Stephens College, Dr. Henry A. Bowman
North Carolina: University of North Carolina, Dr. Ernest R. Groves
and Mrs. Gladys H. Groves
Oregon: University of Oregon, Dr. Lawrence S. Bee
Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State College, Dr. Clifford R. Adams

Two nationally known reputable marriage counseling services are:

California (Los Angeles), American Institute of Marriage Relations,
Dr. Paul Popenoe, Director
Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), Marriage Counsel of Philadelphia, Mrs.
Emily H. Mudd, Director

_Index_

Adams-Lepley Personnel Audit, 100-105

Adjustment, to married life, 198

Adolescence, 40

Age and marriage,
Emotional, 40-41
Evidence of emotional immaturity, 41-42
Mental, 39
Physiological, 38
Sexual, 39
Vocational, 39

Alcohol and marriage, 159

Alibi artists, 150

Arousal stage, 191

Assortative mating, 28

Bachelors, percentage of, 15

Beauty, 89, 94-95

Bowman, Dr. Henry, 48

Children, as values, 22

Coitus, 191

Complaints of husbands and wives, 99

Contraceptives, 191

Dating, 40

Disorderly mates, 152

Divorce, 15
Rate of, 26-27

Emotional maturity, 41-43

Emotions, test, 72-73

Engagement, 183
Purpose, 184
Revealing your past during, 187
Role of sex during, 186

Erogenous zones, 58

Escapists, 151

Fetishism, 71

First night of marriage, 196-197

Flirts, 153

Frigidity, 55, 56, 67

Guilford-Martin Personnel Inventory, 100

Hasty marriages, 185

Home making and marriage, 165-166

Homosexuality, 70

Honeymoon, 196-198

Husbands, happy and unhappy, 98

Hymen, 191

Infatuation, characteristics of, 48

Inferiority complex, 90

In-law complications, 152-153

Jealous mates, 146

Jealousy, test, 154-155

Jobs and marriage happiness, 167-168
Prestige of, 167

Lang, Richard O., 167

Law-abiding husbands, 158

Life’s problems, 22

Love,
Ability for, 51-52
At first sight, 49
Conditions necessary for, 50
Defined, 47-50
Sex and, 55
Test of love, 53-54

Marriage,
Basic needs filled by, 95-97
Best age for, 25, 38, 43
Chances of, 23
Common goals in, 203
Companionship and, 21
Crucial traits for happiness in, 99
Customs, 15
Differences and, 140-145
Effects of war on, 25-26
Expectancy of happiness in, test, 37
Mixed, 139
Mixed personalities, 140-141
Mixtures to beware in, 141-145
Qualifications, 156-164
Prediction of happiness scale, 100
Prospects for, 16
Psychological barriers, 16-18
Reasons against, 15-18
Reasons for, 19-20
Stabilizing influence of, 21
Suggestions for marital happiness, 133-136

Mate-matching, 124-126
Test for couples, 137

Mates,
Acceptable, 27-28
Background of, 30
City Census table, 34
Critical, 149
Desirable, 104-105
Education of, 29
Financial status of, 29
Geography favorable for, 31
Job of, 30
Making over, 147-148
Range of eligibility, 28-31
Shortage of, 25
State age Census table, 32-33

Mating, problems of selection, 41-44
Problems of selection, 91-94
Traits wanted, 87-89

Meeting people of the opposite sex, 83-85

Menstruation, 58

Mismating, cause of, 26

Necking, 65

Nervous mates, 148

Neurosis, test of, 163-164

Obstacles to sexual happiness, 194

Orgasm, percentage experiencing, 64, 192-193

Pedophilia, 71

Penn State Counseling Service, 147-201

Personality test, 81, 82

Petting, 65, 67-69
Exploitive, 68
Setting limits, 71

Physical handicaps, 17

Physical health, 64, 158
Need for physical examination, 162-163

Popularity with opposite sex, 75-80
Suggestions for girls, 81

Powers, John, 89

Pregnancy, 191

Premarital sexual relations, 63
Arguments for and against, 65-67
Percentage of, 63
Reasons for increase, 64

Previous divorce, 161

Promiscuity, 67-68

Psychoneurosis, 158-160, 180-181

Pyle, Ernie, 175

Relatives, clinging, 152

Responsibility in marriage, 159

Sadism, 71

Self-confidence, importance of, 90

Services, Counseling, 156

Sex,
Abnormal outlets, 70-71
Desire and its origin, 55-56
Development, 56-57
Importance of, 189-190
Maladjustment, 56-57
Peak of sexual vigor, 65
Release from tensions, 69-70
Repressions unlearned, 60-61
Tensions, 68
Three phases of sexual experience, 191-192

Sexual adjustment, 190

Tension reduction, 200

Terman, Dr. L. M., 63, 98-100, 193

Veterans,
Desire for marriage, 21
Precautions to consider, 180
Subconscious conflicts, 175
Traits gained by war experience, 174
War injuries, 178-179

Vocational trouble makers, 168-173

Voyeurism, 70

Wedding, 195

Wives, happy and unhappy, 98

=TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE=

Italic text is denoted by _underscores_.

Bold text is denoted by =equal signs=.

Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been
corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within
the text and consultation of external sources.

Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the
text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.

Pg 60: ‘Extensive psychotherepy may’ replaced by ‘Extensive
psychotherapy may’.

Pg 64: ‘complete physical infirmary’ replaced by ‘complete physical
intimacy’.

Pg 68: ‘them such exprestion’ replaced by ‘them such expression’.

Pg 76: ‘for real archievement’ replaced by ‘for real achievement’.

Pg 90: ‘or saxaphone playing’ replaced by ‘or saxophone playing’.

Pg 120: ‘in marriage haappiness’ replaced by ‘in marriage happiness’.

Pg 134: ‘critical and gossippy’ replaced by ‘critical and gossipy’.

Pg 151: ‘shed all responsibilites’ replaced by ‘shed all
responsibilities’.

Pg 158: ‘of mental funtion’ replaced by ‘of mental function’.

Pg 174: ‘perseverence and patience’ replaced by ‘perseverance and
patience’.

Pg 178: ‘glamorous because glamor’ replaced by ‘glamorous because
glamour’.

Pg 201: ‘expertely prepared and’ replaced by ‘expertly prepared
and’.

Pg 202: ‘each other’s opinons’ replaced by ‘each other’s opinions’.

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