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Linking Economic Hardship to Marital Quality and Instability.
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Conger, Rand D.; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1990
Examined the negative impact of economic hardship on a spouse's marital instability in White, middle-class couples (N=76). The results indicated economic pressures had an indirect association with married couples' evaluation of the marriage by promoting hostility in marital interactions and curtailing the warm and supportive behaviors spouses…
Descriptors: Affection, Behavior Patterns, Financial Problems, Hostility
A Time-Series Analysis of Withdrawal, Hostility, and Displeasure in Satisfied and Dissatisfied Marriages.
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Roberts, Linda J.; Krokoff, Lowell J. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1990
Compared interactions of 11 dissatisfied and 11 satisfied couples on basis of trained observers' ratings of spouses' behavior through time on 3 scales: withdrawn/involved, hostile/friendly, and displeasure/pleasure. Dissatisfied coupled evidenced significantly lower mean ratings of hostility and displeasure, but no differences in withdrawal.…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Hostility, Interpersonal Relationship, Marital Instability
Communication, Conflict, and Psychological Distance in Nondistressed, Clinic, and Divorcing Couples.
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Christensen, Andrew; Shenk, James L. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1991
Compared communications patterns and conflicts over psychological distance in 25 nondistressed couples, 15 clinic couples, and 22 divorcing couples. Compared with nondistressed couples, both distressed groups had less mutual constructive communication, more avoidance of communication, more demand/withdraw communication, and more conflict over…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication (Thought Transfer), Comparative Analysis, Conflict
Antecedents of Relationship Stability and Adjustment: A 2-1/2 Year Follow-Up.
Filsinger, Erik E. – 1984
Longitudinal research has shown that communication deficits (negative interaction) precede the development of relationship distress. To investigate the antecedents of relationship stability and adjustment 31 couples who were seriously considering marriage participated in a longitudinal study. The couples initially completed the Marital Inventories…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relationship
Behavioral Components of Marital Satisfaction: An Individualized Assessment Approach.
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Johnson, Patti L.; O'Leary, K. Daniel – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
Examined how spousal behaviors related to global and daily marital satisfaction. Eighty-two couples completed daily checklists of spousal behaviors for seven days using an individualized or a standardized assessment method. Daily behavioral event measures were significantly related to global and daily measures of marital satisfaction,…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Coping, Evaluation
Attributions and Behavior in Functional and Dysfunctional Marriages.
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Bradbury, Thomas N.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
Examined whether spouses' attributions for partner behavior are related to their behavior by assessing their attributions and observing the problem-solving discussions of cohabitating couples (n=52) in which neither spouse was depressed or distressed, the wife was depressed and both spouses were distressed, and the wife was not depressed and both…
Descriptors: Adults, Attribution Theory, Behavior, Behavior Patterns