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South, Susan C.; Doss, Brian D.; Christensen, Andrew – Family Relations, 2010
Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT) posits that emotional reactions to a partner's behavior can be as important to the relationship as the behavior itself. This study examined whether acceptance (a) is distinct from relationship sentiment, (b) mediates the link between a partner's behavioral frequency and own relationship satisfaction,…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Role, Therapy, Emotional Response
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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
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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