Clifford H Swensen

Biographic Data

ID91143
NAMEClifford H Swensen
GIVEN NAMESClifford H
FAMILY NAMESwensen
SIGNATURESWENSEN C H
AFFILIATIONSPurdue University West Lafayette
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS17
TOTAL CITATIONS46
AUTHOR COUNT17
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1952
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1995
H-INDEX3

  • Time Spent Together and Relationship Quality: Long-Distance Relationships as a Test Case

    Open AccessGregory T Guldner, Gregory Guldner et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social and Personal…1995Cited by: 32References: 16

    Although many studies have shown associations between the amount of time spent together and relationship satisfaction, none has established the causal direction of the association. While time spent together may cause increased satisfaction, it is equally likely that greater satisfaction causes couples to spend more time together. Recent research that experimentally increased the amount of time couples spent together found no increase in relations…

  • Stage of Religious Faith and Reactions to Terminal Cancer

    Open AccessClifford H Swensen, Steffen Fuller et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychology and Theology1993

    This study focused on the impact of terminal cancer on the lives of patients and their spouses as a function of the stage of religious faith of the subjects. Patients at more complex stages of faith reported higher overall quality of life; higher quality of socioeconomic life, family life, and psychological and spiritual life; and greater marital intimacy than patients at simpler stages of faith. Patients, regardless of stage of faith, reported t…

  • Psychological Aspects of Life Support

    Open AccessClifford H SwensenARTICLEOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying1992

    Psychologists have done little research on the psychological aspects of life support. Research in other areas of psychology has produced results applicable to the life support situation, however. The results of directly and indirectly applicable research indicate that both patients and their intimates suffer less psychological distress if those who have a close positive relationship with the patient maintain emotional closeness to the patient and…

  • Expression of Love, Marriage Problems, Commitment, and Anticipatory Grief in the Marriages of Cancer Patients

    Clifford H Swensen, Steffen R Fuller et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family1992Cited by: 4

    Clifford H. Swensen, Steffen R. Fuller, Expression of Love, Marriage Problems, Commitment, and Anticipatory Grief in the Marriages of Cancer Patients, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 54, No. 1 (Feb., 1992), pp. 191-196

  • Commitment and the Long-Term Marriage Relationship

    Clifford H Swensen, Geir TrahaugARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family1985Cited by: 8

    This was a study of the relationship of commitment in marriage and change in commitment over marriage to the expression of love and marriage problems among long-term Norwegian married couples. The sample consisted of 72 subjects with an average age of 66.7 years and married an average of 37.3 years. It was found that those who were committed to their spouses as persons had significantlyfewer marriage problems. Those whose commitment appeared to i…

  • A respectable old age

    Clifford H SwensenARTICLEAmerican Psychologist1983

  • A respectable old age

    Clifford H SwensenARTICLEAmerican Psychologist1983

  • Stage of Family Life Cycle, Ego Development, and the Marriage Relationship

    Clifford H Swensen, Ron W Eskew et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family1981Cited by: 2

    Clifford H. Swensen, Ron W. Eskew, Karen A. Kohlhepp, Stage of Family Life Cycle, Ego Development, and the Marriage Relationship, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 43, No. 4 (Nov., 1981), pp. 841-853

  • The Apathetic and Bored Church Member: Psychological and Theological Implications

    Clifford H Swensen, John S SavageARTICLEReview of Religious Research1979

  • Analysis of Love Relationships in Functional and Dysfunctional Marriages

    Open AccessAnthony Di Fiore, Clifford H SwensenARTICLEPsychological Reports1977

    35 functional and 35 dysfunctional married couples were compared for their expression of love in their marital relationship. The two groups were differentiated on whether they sought help for marriage problems and on the number and severity of problems they had in their marriages. There was little difference between the two groups in their expectations of expression of love in marriage but the functional married couples expressed significantly mo…

  • So what's a fellow

    Clifford H Swensen, Jane D HildrethARTICLEAmerican Psychologist1975

  • So what's a fellow

    Clifford H Swensen, Jane D HildrethARTICLEAmerican Psychologist1975

  • So you're looking for a department head

    Clifford H SwensenARTICLEAmerican Psychologist1969

  • Empirical evaluations of human figure drawings: 1957-1966

    Clifford H SwensenARTICLEPsychological Bulletin1968

  • Behavioral Validation of a Dominance-Submission Scale

    Open AccessSteven Gold, Steven R Gold et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1966

    The results of the two validation studies ( Ns = 28 males; 34 females) indicate that the scale of 41 MMPI items does significantly predict which of two individuals will dominate in a decision-making situation. The scale predicts best when the scale score difference between the pairs is at least 12. Sex differences were also noted in the techniques used to dominate

  • Types of Workhouse Inmate Alcoholics

    Clifford H Swensen, Hugh C DavisARTICLEQuarterly Journal of Studies on…1959

  • Learning in Mentally Ill Patients under Conditions of Unusual Motivation

    Open AccessGerald R Pascal, Clifford H Swensen et al.ARTICLEJournal of Personality1952