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Marital Adjustment Over the Family Life Cycle: The Issue of Curvilinearity
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Spanier, Graham B.; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1975
Marital adjustment over the family life cycle is reexamined using data from probability samples of married couples studied in coordinated research projects in three different states--Iowa, Ohio, and Georgia. (Author)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Life
Perceptual Accuracy as a Variable in Marital Adjustment
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Christensen, Larry; Wallace, Lee – Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 1976
This study investigated the ability of maritally-adjusted couples (N=12), couples attaining a divorce (N=5), and couples in counseling (N=9) to predict rewarding effects of their behavior on their spouse. The maritally-adjusted group was always more accurate in their predictions, but significantly more accurate only for selected areas of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Relationship