Strah pred intimnostjo in predporočni stres z vidika inovativne relacijske in družinske terapije.

Fear of intimacy and (pre-) wedding stress according to innovative relational marital and family therapy.

Our study examined the connection between pre-wedding stress and fear of intimacy with certain characteristics of the participants in the survey. Among 149 participants (72 males and 77 females) aged between 19 and 39, there was a minimum time to the wedding of 1 month and a maximum time of 9 months. The results of the survey have shown that there is no statistically important correlation between fear of intimacy and experiencing pre-wedding stress. We found that future brides experience more stress compared with grooms. We also determined that the healthier the functioning of the primary family, the less pre-wedding stress and fear of intimacy is present compared with those individuals that come from less healthy or non-functional families. The results also show that support from the primary families of the engaged couples during the wedding preparations substantially lowers the experience of stress. The acceptance of responsibility for the relationship, one's own past, sincere conversation and trust, were all found to be key areas for confronting fear of intimacy and pre-wedding stress. Relational marital and family therapy is one effective way to help in the transition from bachelorhood to married state. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

S kvantitativno raziskavo smo želeli ugotoviti povezanost predporočnega stresa in strahu pred intimnostjo z nekaterimi značilnostmi udeležencev raziskave, ki v roku enega leta načrtujejo poroko: spol in funkcioniranje v primarni družini. Med 149 udeleženci (72 moških in 77 žensk), starih med 19 in 39 let je bil minimalen čas do poroke 1 mesec, maksimalen čas pa 9 mesecev. Rezultati raziskave so pokazali, da ne obstaja statistično pomembna korelacija med strahom pred intimnostjo in doživljanjem predporočnega stresa. Pri tem je vsekakor potrebno upoštevati dejstvo, da je šlo zgolj za namenski in priložnostni vzorec. Ugotovili smo, da bodoče neveste načrtovanje poroke doživljajo v večji meri bolj stresno kot pa ženini. Prav tako smo ugotovili, da bolj kot je zdravo funkcioniranje udeležencev v primarni družini, v manjši meri ti posamezniki doživljajo predporočni stres in strah pred intimnostjo v primerjavi s posamezniki, ki prihajajo iz manj zdravih, nefunkcionalnih družin. V raziskavi tudi ugotavljamo, da podpora primarne družine zaročencev pri načrtovanju poroke zelo zmanjša doživljanje stresa. Sprejetje odgovornosti za odnos, za svojo preteklost, iskren pogovor in zaupanje, so ključni temelji za soočanje s strahom pred intimnostjo kot tudi pri soočanju s predporočnim stresom. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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