Chapter XII: SYMPOSIUM ON WAR MARRIAGE AND ITS PROBLEMS (Institute
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=
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psychotherapy may’.
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responsibilities’.
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patience’.
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glamour’.
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