Manijeh Daneshpour
Biographic Data
| ID | 3560180 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Manijeh Daneshpour |
| GIVEN NAMES | Manijeh |
| FAMILY NAME | Daneshpour |
| SIGNATURE | DANESHPOUR M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Alliant University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4160-2350 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Cross‐Cultural Marital Satisfaction: Individualistic and Collectivist Influences
As intercultural marriages become increasingly common in the United States, it is crucial to examine the factors that affect their stability and satisfaction. This study explores how demographic factors, cultural orientation, and social support influence marital satisfaction in Eastern men-Western women couples. A total of 89 individuals participated in this study, with 48.3% male (69.7% Middle Eastern and 30.3% Asian) and 51.7% female (United St…
Relationships and Resiliency: A Pilot Study on the Correlation of Positive Childhood Experiences and Relationship Quality in Romantic Relationships
Childhood experiences shape how individuals relate and connect in adulthood. This pilot study examined the association between positive childhood experiences (PCEs) and romantic relationship quality among adults aged 32–45 in committed relationships (N = 197). Participants completed the Benevolent Childhood Experiences (BCE) scale and the Relationship Assessment Scale (RAS). Results from a simple linear regression indicated that BCE total scores …
Couples therapy and the challenges of building trust, fairness, and justice
The cornerstone of the contextual family therapy model is predicated on the belief that all family members benefit from trustworthy relationships, which result from (a) acknowledging the contributions of deserving family members, (b) engaging in responsible interactions, and (c) ensuring a fair distribution of relational burdens and benefits. Nonetheless, conflicts may arise when one partner asserts a claim to relational resources based on need, …
Introduction to the Special Section on Contextual Therapy
This special section on Contextual Therapy offers an in‐depth exploration of its foundational principles and evolving applications in addressing complex relational dynamics. Contextual Therapy, founded by Ivan Boszormenyi‐Nagy, emphasizes relational ethics, trust, and accountability, providing a framework for understanding intergenerational relationships and addressing systemic injustices. This issue begins with Ducommun‐Nagy's conceptual paper, …
Introduction to the Special Issue: Feminist Solidarity, Resistance, and Social Justice
This Special Issue of Social Sciences, titled “Feminist Solidarity, Resistance and Social Justice”, brings together critical perspectives and original scholarship illuminating how feminist resistance and solidarity are theorized and practiced across geopolitical, cultural, and institutional contexts [...]
Will the Women's Movement in Iran Grow into a National Liberation Movement
The Women, Life, Freedom (WLF) movement in Iran represents an existentialist and humanist liberation struggle against the country's oppressive clerical regime. Grounded in existentialist philosophy, particularly Simone de Beauvoir's concepts of autonomy, self-realization, and the pursuit of freedom, WLF extends beyond political reform to advocate for both personal and national liberation. The movement emphasizes self-determination, bodily autonom…
Women, Life, Freedom: The New Unveiling of Feminism
Gender, Power, and Global Social Justice: The Healing Power of Psychotherapy
The Effectiveness of Preparation for Marriage Education with PREP in Iran
Premarital education can benefit couples from many socioeconomic levels. This study aimed to validate the PREP questionnaire and then explore the effectiveness of PREP education for Iranian couples. This study has been done in two phases. In the first phase, the PREP questionnaire was validated. In the second phase, quasi-experimental research was conducted in a pretest-post-test control group design to examine the effectiveness of the PREP educa…
Covid‐19 Interconnectedness: Health Inequity, the Climate Crisis, and Collective Trauma
The COVID‐19 pandemic brings to the forefront the complex interconnected dilemmas of globalization, health equity, economic security, environmental justice, and collective trauma, severely impacting the marginalized and people of color in the United States. This lack of access to and the quality of healthcare, affordable housing, and lack of financial resources also continue to have a more significant impact on documented and undocumented immigra…
Cancer’s Impact on Spousal Caregiver Health: A Qualitative Analysis in Grounded Theory
Guest Editor's Introduction: Systemic Thinking in Working with Muslim Families: The Importance of Marriage and Family Therapy Perspective
Marriage and family therapy is a form of psychotherapy that involves all members of a nuclear or extended family. Although several forms of marriage and family therapy are based on behavioral or ps
Women, Life, Freedom: The New Unveiling of Feminism
Will the Women's Movement in Iran Grow into a National Liberation Movement
The Women, Life, Freedom (WLF) movement in Iran represents an existentialist and humanist liberation struggle against the country's oppressive clerical regime. Grounded in existentialist philosophy, particularly Simone de Beauvoir's concepts of autonomy, self-realization, and the pursuit of freedom, WLF extends beyond political reform to advocate for both personal and national liberation. The movement emphasizes self-determination, bodily autonom…
Cancer’s Impact on Spousal Caregiver Health: A Qualitative Analysis in Grounded Theory
Guest Editor's Introduction: Systemic Thinking in Working with Muslim Families: The Importance of Marriage and Family Therapy Perspective
Marriage and family therapy is a form of psychotherapy that involves all members of a nuclear or extended family. Although several forms of marriage and family therapy are based on behavioral or ps
Cancer’s Impact on Spousal Caregiver Health: A Qualitative Analysis in Grounded Theory
Covid‐19 Interconnectedness: Health Inequity, the Climate Crisis, and Collective Trauma
The COVID‐19 pandemic brings to the forefront the complex interconnected dilemmas of globalization, health equity, economic security, environmental justice, and collective trauma, severely impacting the marginalized and people of color in the United States. This lack of access to and the quality of healthcare, affordable housing, and lack of financial resources also continue to have a more significant impact on documented and undocumented immigra…
The Effectiveness of Preparation for Marriage Education with PREP in Iran
Premarital education can benefit couples from many socioeconomic levels. This study aimed to validate the PREP questionnaire and then explore the effectiveness of PREP education for Iranian couples. This study has been done in two phases. In the first phase, the PREP questionnaire was validated. In the second phase, quasi-experimental research was conducted in a pretest-post-test control group design to examine the effectiveness of the PREP educa…
Women, Life, Freedom: The New Unveiling of Feminism
Gender, Power, and Global Social Justice: The Healing Power of Psychotherapy
Relationships and Resiliency: A Pilot Study on the Correlation of Positive Childhood Experiences and Relationship Quality in Romantic Relationships
Childhood experiences shape how individuals relate and connect in adulthood. This pilot study examined the association between positive childhood experiences (PCEs) and romantic relationship quality among adults aged 32–45 in committed relationships (N = 197). Participants completed the Benevolent Childhood Experiences (BCE) scale and the Relationship Assessment Scale (RAS). Results from a simple linear regression indicated that BCE total scores …
Couples therapy and the challenges of building trust, fairness, and justice
The cornerstone of the contextual family therapy model is predicated on the belief that all family members benefit from trustworthy relationships, which result from (a) acknowledging the contributions of deserving family members, (b) engaging in responsible interactions, and (c) ensuring a fair distribution of relational burdens and benefits. Nonetheless, conflicts may arise when one partner asserts a claim to relational resources based on need, …
Introduction to the Special Section on Contextual Therapy
This special section on Contextual Therapy offers an in‐depth exploration of its foundational principles and evolving applications in addressing complex relational dynamics. Contextual Therapy, founded by Ivan Boszormenyi‐Nagy, emphasizes relational ethics, trust, and accountability, providing a framework for understanding intergenerational relationships and addressing systemic injustices. This issue begins with Ducommun‐Nagy's conceptual paper, …
Introduction to the Special Issue: Feminist Solidarity, Resistance, and Social Justice
This Special Issue of Social Sciences, titled “Feminist Solidarity, Resistance and Social Justice”, brings together critical perspectives and original scholarship illuminating how feminist resistance and solidarity are theorized and practiced across geopolitical, cultural, and institutional contexts [...]
Will the Women's Movement in Iran Grow into a National Liberation Movement
The Women, Life, Freedom (WLF) movement in Iran represents an existentialist and humanist liberation struggle against the country's oppressive clerical regime. Grounded in existentialist philosophy, particularly Simone de Beauvoir's concepts of autonomy, self-realization, and the pursuit of freedom, WLF extends beyond political reform to advocate for both personal and national liberation. The movement emphasizes self-determination, bodily autonom…
Cross‐Cultural Marital Satisfaction: Individualistic and Collectivist Influences
As intercultural marriages become increasingly common in the United States, it is crucial to examine the factors that affect their stability and satisfaction. This study explores how demographic factors, cultural orientation, and social support influence marital satisfaction in Eastern men-Western women couples. A total of 89 individuals participated in this study, with 48.3% male (69.7% Middle Eastern and 30.3% Asian) and 51.7% female (United St…
Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (3 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (2 works)