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Indeks SPICE odpowiedzią na osamotnienie w małżeństwie
SPICE index as a response to marital loneliness

Author(s): Lena Szturomska-Józwik
Subject(s): Social psychology and group interaction, Methodology and research technology, Family and social welfare
Published by: Uniwersytet Opolski
Keywords: NaProTechnology; SPICE index; loneliness; solitude; marriage;

Summary/Abstract: The words of the marriage vow set the direction for the development of every sacramental marriage. Their implementation is not automatic, not happened spontaneously, but required everyday work based on God’s grace. Paradoxically, marital life is marked by the issues, the experience of solitude and has a negative effect on marriage relationship, or it may be evidence of its disorder. A well-lived solitude is associated with loneliness, which is positively experienced, in which condition, a man could find the truth about himself, the world, his place in it, as well as the source and purpose of his life. The SPICE index is a tool that can be used to constructively work out solitude and help couples build up their relationship and achieve a new quality of it. SPICE points to 5 main spheres (spiritual, physical, intellectual, communicative, emotional) on which each relationship is built. SPICE offers a method how to manage them in a good way, leading to the implementation of marital commitments in marriage. SPICE presents spouses their needs, feelings, marital identity, including sexual identity and explain them to spouses.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 91-111
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish