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Lawson, Wendy Anne. "Improving couple communication through the Imago Getting the Love You Want Workshop for Couples." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/867.

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Christiansen, Carey Lea. "Private thoughts and moving moments, couples' conflict communication." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq37501.pdf.

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Brown, Mary Louise. "Communication practices and outcomes in recovering alcoholic couples." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/279974.

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This study of 51 couples with one or two recovering alcoholic partners examined the daily communication practices and contextual variables as predictors of partner abstinence efficacy, relationship satisfaction, and well-being. A conceptual model based on a systems perspective was applied to male and female partners. 34 dual-alcoholic couples and 17 single-alcoholic couples recruited from A.A., Al-Anon, and two local treatment programs completed individual questionnaires and conjoint interviews in their homes at Time 1, and brief telephone interviews at 3 months follow-up. Results indicate that women and men differ in the ways they respond to circumstances in their recovery and in their relationships. For men, abstinence efficacy was linked to poor conflict management, negative talk among partners, sobriety length, and relationship satisfaction. Women's abstinence efficacy was linked to their emotional well-being, and changes in women's temptation to drink were predicted by poor couple conflict management, less positivity among partners, and less emotional disclosure in men. High levels of daily stress in men were related to both partners' daily communication, particularly men's conflict management and women's negative talk. Couples with less than 15 months of sobriety differed from couples with more than 29 months of sobriety in conflict management and stress in the last year. In all, communication practices and daily stress play important but differing roles in maintaining sobriety and relationship satisfaction in male and female partners. The model was partially supported by the data, but needs modifications to reflect dissimilar relationships among variables in male and female partners. Policy implications and suggestions for further research are discussed.
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Pang, Hang-hang, and 彭杏. "An outcome study of couples communication training group." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31250555.

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Pang, Hang-hang. "An outcome study of couples communication training group /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B20133674.

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Glaser, Marilyn Roesch. "An ethnomethodological analysis of engaged couples' communication patterns." Scholarly Commons, 1989. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2185.

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Couples engaged to be married represent a unique stage of relational development. How they communicate and interact as they move toward a joint identity in the process of bonding was the focus of this analysis. The project represents a merging of three communication research areas: relational analysis, conversational analysis and relational development. Following a review of the relevant literature, the transcribed conversations of engaged couples in spontaneous dyadic conversation were examined. Six couples made up the sample. All participants completed the Spanier Dyadic Adjustment Scale, as well as a self-report instrument which focused on their communication behavior as a couple and demographic information. In addition, each couple recorded a 30-90 minute sample of their conversation. Research questions pertained to conversation topics, egalitarianism of the decision-making process, strategies for conflict management, and couples' self-perceptions of their decision-making and their relationship in general. With regard to conversation topics, engaged couples were found to be future-oriented and working toward consensus on a variety of significant issues. The most frequent topics of conversation were money/finances, jobs/careers, future housing plans, wedding arrangements, future lifetime goals and plans (including "talk" of children). Formulations as a conversational structure were found to help generate consensus. Couples all demonstrated elements of egalitarianism, but only one of the six couples was perceived as high egalitarian. Although there was evidence of power struggles in some of the relationships, all the couples' relationships were described as symmetrical as no individual was found to be dominant over her/his partner. Examples of both cooperative and coercive conflict management strategies were observed in the couples' conversation. A significant gender difference was found in the number of questions asked by males and females, with 75% of all observed questions being asked by the female. Self-perception of the relationship and a couple's agreeing on their perception of their relationship were seen as major factors in overall dyadic adjustment. The findings offer insight on the nature of the bonding process, egalitarian decision-making behaviors, effective communication and functional conflict management techniques.
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Wong, Wai-lan Eve. "To talk or not to talk : a study of the knowledge, communication pattern and expectation about sex of couples preparing for marriage /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B19470617.

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Mallory, Allen Burnell Sears. "Family sexual communication and sexual attitudes: understanding the influence on couples sexual communication." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/32652.

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Master of Science
Department of Family Studies and Human Services
Joyce Baptist
Quality of couples sexual communication remains an understudied area, despite its link with important relational outcomes such as relationship satisfaction, sexual satisfaction and condom use. Using a sample of 441 college students, this study examined how parent-child sexual communication (frequency, quality and permissive and restrictive messages) is related to sexual attitudes (permissive and idealistic) and couples sexual communication. Results suggests quality of couples sexual communication was positively related to frequency of parent-child sexual communication and negatively related to quality of parent-child sexual communication. There was not a significant relationship between the types of messages about sexuality from parents and quality of couples sexual communication. However, permissive parental messages were positively related to permissive sexual attitudes and restrictive parental messages was negatively related to permissive sexual attitudes. Idealistic sexual attitudes were found to be positively related to couples sexual communication. Finally, idealistic sexual attitudes marginally mediated the relationship between quality of parent-child sexual communication and quality of couples sexual communication. Clinical and research implications are discussed.
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Oxford, Mary Cunningham. "SUCCES, Satisfying Unions through Couples Communication and Enhancement Skills a secondary prevention and enhancement program for married couples /." Texas A&M University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1969/417.

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Malinis, Bryan N. "Relatonal dialectics among gay male couples." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1527395.

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Choy, Norman. "Accomodating the interpersonal communication program to Chinese-American couples." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1987. http://www.tren.com.

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Schwartz, Audrey Lyn. "Marital Quality, Acculturation, and Communication in Mexican American Couples." DigitalCommons@USU, 2012. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/1048.

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Marital quality is a broad measurement of perceptions of satisfaction, happiness, and stability by partners in an established relationship. Marital quality has been relatively understudied among Mexican Americans, a population that warrants the inclusion of cultural constructs in any model concerning relationship outcomes. Therefore, acculturation differences between Mexican American couples were conceptualized as a distal context for understanding marital quality. Traditional gender role values and communication style (warmth and hostility) were included as proximal contexts. Data from Conger’s California Families Project were utilized; results indicated that while most measures of acculturation did not impact marital quality, language use interacted with gender roles values and communication style to influence husbands’ marital quality. Warmth, hostility, and traditional gender role values all exhibited a significant direct influence on marital quality for both husbands and wives. Potential explanations and recommendations for future directions are discussed.
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Liu, Shuo. "Exploring Gender Role Communication in Chinese International Student Couples." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin162645582289654.

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Testenoire-Oger, Armelle. "Interaction conjugale et socialisation professionnelle." Rouen, 2000. http://www.theses.fr/2000ROUEL344.

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L'importance des interactions professionnelles dans la construction des identités professionnelles a été abondamment analysée par la sociologie du travail, qui leur accorde une prééminence épistémologique, occultant ainsi l'impact des dynamiques familiales et du genre. La recherche, menée à partir d'un corpus de récits de vie croisés de couples d'employé(e)s, ouvriers et professions intermédiaires, s'est attachée à cerner l'incidence de la vie conjugale et du genre sur l'identité et la trajectoire professionnelle de chaque conjoint. Une première partie analyse les modalités, délibérés ou implicites, selon lesquelles s'effectue la mise en commun du vécu professionnel au sein des couples. L'intimité, en particulier, suscite un mode d'interaction spécifique qui modèle l'identité et la trajectoire de chacun. La démarche théorique et méthodologique adoptée en deuxième partie s'attache à élaborer un modèle d'analyse du changement identitaire, intégrant la diversité des appartenances tant biographiques que simultanées. Enfin, la troisième partie synthétise le rôle du conjoint dans le processus de changement identitaire. A cet égard, deux grands modèles se dégagent. Dans une première configuration, l'espace professionnel joue un rôle moteur. Nous montrerons que les trajectoires professionnelles,même celles qui semblent les plus autonomes, nécessitent une négociation conjugale qui les valide voire les infléchit. Dans une deuxième configuration, l'interaction conjugale en pesant sur les ressources subjectives initie le changement identitaire. Le conjoint joue alors un rôle actif de soutien, allant de la simple confiance au management actif de la carrière, en passant par la valorisation des capacités du partenaire. Cependant, cette nouvelle définition de soi-même doit être reconnue au sein de l'espace professionnel pour devenir réalité. Le rôle spécifique joué par la relation conjugale, en terme de validation ou d'initiation du changement identitaire, la rend complémentaire des interactions professionnelles. Cette complémentarité permet de penser la double appartenance et l'enjeu que constitue la reconnaissance identitaire au sein de chacune des deux sphères professionnelles et familiales lors des phases de changement.
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Cordero, Annel. "Problem Solving Communication and Interpersonal Power Among Latino Adolescent Couples." DigitalCommons@USU, 2012. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/6112.

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Few studies exist that examine Latino romantic relationships; even fewer assess interpersonal power among romantically involved Latino adolescent couples. This observational study investigated interaction, negotiation of power, and communication styles of Latino adolescents in current romantic relationships. Twenty-nine participating couples (ages 14-21) were recruited from a small Rocky Mountain community; all identified as being of Latino decent. Couples were digitally videotaped during problem solving conversations and completed a video recall procedure administered directly 11 following the recording. The Quality of Relationship Inventory (QRI) was completed by all couple members as a measure of their overall relationship quality. In addition to this, the Global Assessment Scale (GAS), which measured feelings of honesty, being attacked, misunderstood, and conversation control was administered to each couple member after videotaping. The video recall procedure captured positive and negative aspects of interaction, negotiation of power, and skillfulness in problem solving. Power dynamics for each conversation were also rated by an outside observer on dominance through talking and dominance through not listening scale. Overall, these couples rated their relationship quality positively and viewed their own and partner's behavior positively as well. Low levels of dominance through talking and dominance through not listening were observed to be used by couple members as a means to handle conflict during the conversation. The majority of the couples were observed to be mutually engaged in the conversations and appear to have good problem solving skills. However, higher ratings of power inequity by both couple members and observers were linked to lower overall relationship quality, with differing patterns of correlation for male and female couple members.
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Peters, Grace Ellen. ""In Heaven": Christian Couples' Experiences of Pregnancy Loss." Scholar Commons, 2015. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5551.

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This thesis examines how young, married, heterosexual Christian couples talk about and make sense of pregnancy loss, specifically loss before the twentieth week. Studies of pregnancy loss often focus on individual differences in response to pregnancy loss, but this research engages a shared, relational notion of pregnancy loss. Furthermore, this project focuses on Christianity as a tool for making sense of pregnancy loss, not simply a demographic characteristic. I conducted six open-ended interviews with two couples, with one interview together and an individual follow-up interview with each spouse. Following the interviews, I analyzed and interpreted the interview transcripts for symbols of identity and forms, which are communicative practices described by Carbaugh (1996) that construct social identity and cultural scenes, to examine how pregnancy loss is characterized as a "me," "you" and "we" experience. Through this analysis I observed how multiple agents (God, the couple, the community, family members and clinicians) continually construct what pregnancy loss means for the couple, but also for this cultural scene. This is a transformative experience for all entities as they continually interact with this notion of loss. Significantly, these couples see this experience continuing on past death and know that they will see their baby "in heaven."
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Pomeroy, M. W. de. "Communication and marital functioning in couples undergoing councelling : a preliminary investigation /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1987. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR.PS/09arpsd422.pdf.

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HAY, GAIL SCHMOOKLER. "CATHARSIS IN PSYCHOTHERAPY: AN ANALOG STUDY WITH COUPLES (ANGER, EMOTIONS, COMMUNICATION)." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/188090.

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In this study the controversial issue of whether to express or not to express anger was investigated. Three different approaches to dealing with anger in an experimental setting with couples were examined. The results support the notion presented by Holt (1970) and Deutsch (1969) that there may be constructive and destructive ways of dealing with anger in an interpersonal relationship, and argue against the conclusions of Berkowitz (1970) and Ellis, (1976) that the expression of anger is so dangerous that it should be avoided. Following role-play of vignettes of typical marital conflicts, subjects in one condition made I-Statements to their partners about their feelings, subjects in a second condition made You-Statements, and subjects in the No-Expression condition listened to a lecture. On outcome measures designed to tap anger, happiness, emotional closeness and distance from partner, liking for partner, other positive and negative feelings, and empathy for partner, I-Statement subjects consistently reported more positive change in their feelings than did You-Statement subjects, and rated their partners as having significantly more empathy in paraphrasing their positions, feelings, beliefs, and wishes. The No-Expression condition did not differ from the I-Statement on variables which measured feelings on anger, happiness, and other "good" and "bad" feelings. However, the No-Expression condition was more like the You-Statement condition in failing to decrease emotional distance or increase measures of empathy, agreement, and feeling understood. Neutral activity which involves time out from interaction with the partner may help to dissipate anger, but seems not to enhance "intimacy," as indicated by lack of change on the variables which involve mutuality and exchange. The I-Statement condition is viewed as superior to either the No-Expression condition or You-Statement condition in conflict resolution, as the I-Statement condition brings about both the dissipation of anger and the restoration of intimacy. It is concluded that there is no evidence from this study, which involves moderate emotional arousal, that avoiding expression of feeling in a conflict situation is superior to talking about the feelings engendered by the conflict. However, I-Statements lead to more constructive changes in feelings and in one's capacity to empathize than do You-Statements.
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Biesen, Judith N. "You and I—pronoun use and communication patterns in anxious couples." Scholarly Commons, 2012. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/313.

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Studies have identified links between anxiety and couple communication, anxiety and pronoun use as well as pronoun use and communication. The current study investigated the association between pronoun use and communication in the context of anxiety. One hundred and fifteen couples rated their communication with their partner and participated in two seven-minute problem-solving discussions, which were analyzed using a linguistic word count program. Results indicate that the use of I was not associated with ratings of communication whereas use of You by either partner was related to lower ratings of communication by both men and women. Moreover, the results of several moderation analyses suggest the association between women's (but not men's) ratings of communication and men's and women's use of You and men's I was moderated by both men's and women's anxiety. Women's anxiety moderated the relationship between both partner's use of You and women's rating of couple communication and men's anxiety moderated the relationship between men's use of You and I and women's view of couple communication. The hypothesis that pronoun use mediates the relationship between anxiety and couple communication was not supported. Implications are discussed.
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James, Paul S. "A communication skills training component in an emotionally focused couples therapy." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29337.

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The purpose of this constructive outcome study was two-fold: first, to investigate the effectiveness of two treatments, an Emotionally Focused couples therapy (EFT) and an Emotionally Focused therapy plus a communication skills training component (EFT+CT), compared to a wait-list control group; second, to investigate whether or not the addition of a communication skills training component (CT) would enhance the effectiveness of an Emotionally Focused couples therapy (EFT). Forty-two moderately distressed volunteer couples were assigned randomly to one of two treatment conditions or to a wait-list control group. Couples in the EFT condition received 12 one-hour sessions; couples in the EFT+CT condition received eight hours of EFT and four hours of CT. Treatments were administered by 14 therapists, seven of whom were nested in each condition by random assignment. Ratings of therapists' interventions confirmed the treatment integrity of EFT in both treatment conditions and the treatment integrity of the CT component in the EFT + CT condition. Tests of equivalence showed that both treatment conditions were equivalent on pre-test levels of the dependent variables, demographic variables, therapist characteristics, and the quality of couples' working alliance with their therapists. The first hypothesis was supported for certain outcomes but not for all. Both treatments achieved superior gains at post-test compared to the wait-list control group on a global measure of marital adjustment and a measure of target complaint improvement. The EFT+CT group also achieved superior gains at post-test on a measure of communication compared to the wait-list control. Although there were trends toward both treatments achieving superior gains on measures of intimacy and passionate love at post-test compared to the wait-list control, these measures failed to reach significance. Results indicated that the second hypothesis was not supported. There were no significant differences between EFT and EFT + CT at the post-test or four-month follow-up on a summary measure of marital adjustment or its four components (i.e., consensus, affectional expression, cohesion, satisfaction), nor on measures of communication, intimacy, and passionate love. The only significant difference was that the EFT condition maintained its gains in target complaint improvement at the four-month follow-up more effectively than the EFT+CT condition did.
Education, Faculty of
Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of
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McDowell-Burns, Molly. "PATTERNED BEHAVIORS IN COUPLES: THE VALIDITY OF THE COUPLES CONFLICTRESOLUTION STYLES ASSESSMENT." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1468853439.

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Valencia, Abundiz Silvia. "Représentations sociales : image idéale et vécu de la relation de couple." Paris, EHESS, 2004. http://www.theses.fr/2004EHES0029.

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L'étude des représentations sociales de la relation de couple et du mariage a pour objectif de connaître la relation entre l'image idéale et le vécu. C'est de connaître également les contenus sémantiques des représentations de la relation de couple et du mariage et de découvrir comment ces significations agissent sur les pratiques individuelles et sociales. Les procédures méthodologiques utilisées conduisent vers une étude qualitative et quantitative pour atteindre nos objectifs et vérifier nos hypothèses. Les instruments utilisés étaient l'entretien semi-directif et le questionnaire. Les entretiens ont été soumis à deux types d'analyses : de contenu -thématique et séquentiel-, et lexicographique à l'aide de l'Alceste ; pour le questionnaire, le processus statistique SPSS. L'interprétation de nos résultats s'est faite en fonction de trois dimensions d'analyses : l'idéal, le vécu et le réel idéalisé. Sept thèmes ont été retenus de l'analyse de contenu et ont été explorés à partir de trois niveaux d'analyse : le culturel (institution et valeurs) le social (expectatives et bonheur) et l'individuel (sexualité, affectivité et communication). C'est par une telle approche qu'une nouvelle problématique de l'image idéale et du vécu de la relation de couple et du mariage est abordée, en lettant en évidence les connaissances, les interactions et les correspondances entre représentations, pratiques et valeurs
The study of social representations in couples' relationship and in the marriage, has a primary objective to know which is the relation between the ideal image of the couples' relationship and the marriage, and the personal experience; as well as to know the semantic contents of the representations regarding the couple relationship and the marriage, and also the way those meanings act over the individual and social practices. The methodological procedures used were the semi-directive interview and the questionnaire. The interviews went through two types of analysis : thematic and sequential content and lexicographic Alcest's support, for the questionnaire, the statistical processor SPSS. The results' interpretation was made according to three analysis levels: cultural (institution and values), social (expectations and hapiness) and individual (sexuality, affectivity and communication). The conclusions were that the image of the couples' relationship and the marriage, for men as well as women, still remains in traditional terms. It is due to this focus, that a new problematic about the ideal image and the personal experience on the couples relationship and marriage is approached, and by shedding light on the interactions and correspondences between representations, practices and values
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Perry, Martha. "FACE TO FACE VERSUS COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION: COUPLES SATISFACTION AND EXPERIENCE ACROSS CONDITIONS." UKnowledge, 2010. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_theses/66.

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This mixed method study examined differences in how face to face (FtF) and computer-mediated communication (CMC) were experienced for individuals communicating with their romantic partner. Forty-four individuals (22 couples) engaged in discussions in both FtF and CMC conditions in a laboratory environment, measuring communication satisfaction as an indicator of experience. Eight couples were also randomly selected to participate in interviews and their reports were used to add depth to the analyses and further inform the findings. Participants reported similar levels of satisfaction across communication conditions, which extends previous literature suggesting that users are able to adapt to text-based channels of communication to a degree that naturalness similar to that of FtF is achieved. Analyses also indicated a positive relationship between attitudes towards CMC use and history of CMC use. This relationship is discussed in terms of symbolic interactionism theory. Communication satisfaction item analysis and interview reports suggest that couples have varying attitudes and uses for CMC. Some couples report a hesitancy to use CMC given the lack of non-verbal cues and risk of miscommunication while other couples report that CMC is helpful in facilitating de-escalation of conflict and allowing partners to communicate more effectively around sensitive issues.
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Norvell, Karen Richardson Brian K. "In good communication and in bad a study of premarital counseling and communication skills in newlywed couples /." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2009. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-9836.

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Norvell, Karen. "In good communication and in bad: A study of premarital counseling and communication skills in newlywed couples." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2009. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9836/.

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This study examined the effects of premarital counseling on newlywed communication. It was predicted that individuals who had participated in premarital counseling would have lower levels of demand/withdrawal communication and higher levels of spousal support. The effects of the format of the counseling were also examined. Individuals who had been married less than two years completed a survey measuring their marital satisfaction, levels of demand/withdraw, and perceived spousal support. Social learning theory was used as a theoretical lens. Results suggested that participating in premarital counseling has no affect on newlywed communication. Newlyweds who had been exposed to a group format during their counseling had higher marital satisfaction than those who had just participated in a one-on-one format with a counselor.
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Blanchard, Victoria L. (Victoria Lael). "Does marriage and relationship education improve couples' communication? : a meta-analytic study /." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2008. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2278.pdf.

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Knapp, Darin Justin. "Attachment Behaviors as Mediators Between Family-of-Origin Quality and Couple Communication Quality in Marriage: Implications for Couples Therapy." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2013. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3603.

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This study examined the mediating impact of couples' attachment behaviors on the relationship between poor quality family-of-origin experiences and marital communication quality. The couple data for this study was collected from the Relationship Evaluation (RELATE) database (see www.relate-institute.org). An Actor Partner Interdependence Model using structural equation modeling was used to evaluate 261 marriage relationships. Results indicated that the relationships between family-of-origin experiences and communication quality are significantly related, with more family-of-origin problems associated with poorer positive communication skills. When attachment behaviors (accessibility, responsiveness, and engagement) were added to the model, it significantly mediated the relationship. Implications for clinicians treating couples who present with communication problems are discussed, as are directions for future research.
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Blanchard, Victoria Lael. "Does Marriage and Relationship Education Improve Couples' Communication? A Meta-Analytic Study." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2008. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/1319.

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Using the results of 65 reports, this study examined the effect of marriage and relationship education (MRE) on couples' communication, and accounted for various moderators of this effect, including method of assessment and unit of analysis. This study is part of a comprehensive meta-analysis of MRE evaluation research conducted since 1975 (k = 124 codable reports). Overall, MRE produced modest but reliable effects on couples' communication. These effects were maintained at follow-up assessments and were not affected significantly by publication bias. No differences in effect were found for gender. Observational assessments did produce larger effects than self-report assessments. MRE produced the largest effect on positive conflict resolution outcomes. These results have important implications for research, intervention, and policy.
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Sova, Melodee Lynn. "Who Knows Their Bedroom Secrets? Communication Privacy Management in Couples Who Swing." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2012. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc149665/.

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Swinging is a lifestyle choice where members of a couple seek out other couples or sometimes singles, with whom to engage in sexual activity. Swinging is a lifestyle associated with the 1960s and 1970s, but Americans still engage in swinging activities today. Because of stigmas associated with this practice, swinging couples often keep their lifestyle concealed from family and friends. These couples have a unique lifestyle that requires strong communication and boundary management styles. Scholars use communication privacy management theory to examine how individuals or couples disclose private information and how this private information is then co-owned by both parties. The purpose of this study was to understand whom swinging couples disclose their lifestyle to, and what risks the couple experienced from the disclosures. The swingers disclosed to friends in most cases and were concerned about risks of stigma, privacy, and relationship termination. In this exploratory study I showed that swingers’ privacy management seems to align with the components of CPM in concealing or revealing their lifestyle to others. However the findings also indicate that swingers utilize self-disclosure for recruitment into the lifestyle, and that the disclosures seem to be more spontaneous then strategic. Future research should look further into the privacy management of swingers, as well as other ways in which they manage their stigmatized identities.
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Chen, Xiao Shirley. "Social Support Communication Behavior, Anxiety Symptomatology, and Marital Satisfaction Among Distressed Couples." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10616075.

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The purpose of this study is to contribute to the knowledge base on anxiety symptomatology, marital satisfaction, and social support by examining the unique relationships among these 3 variables, as well as the role of social support communication as a moderator of the existing relationship between anxiety symptomatology and marital satisfaction, to inform clinical endeavors with couples who are navigating symptoms of anxiety. Gender differences between husbands and wives in these associations were also examined. Using previously collected pre-treatment data from a sub-sample of 96 chronically and seriously distressed heterosexual couples seeking couple therapy, simultaneous linear regressions were run between partners’ anxiety symptomatology, as measured by the anxiety subscale of the COMPASS, their own marital satisfaction, as measured by the DAS, and their own negative and positive social support communication, coded from observed social support interactions using the SSIRS. Partners’ social support behavior as a moderator of their anxiety symptomatology and marital satisfaction was examined using HLM. Partners’ marital satisfaction was found to be significantly negatively related to their negative social support behavior and significantly positively related to their positive social support behavior. However, contrary to predictions, marital satisfaction and anxiety were not significantly related, anxiety symptomatology and social support communication (either negative or positive) were not significantly related, and there was no support for social support communication (either negative or positive) moderating the effect of anxiety symptomatology on marital satisfaction. No significant gender differences were found. Limitations of the current study and clinical implications are discussed.

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Husak, Ryan S. "JOINT DECISION-MAKING IN MARRIED COUPLES AFFECTED BY APHASIA." UKnowledge, 2018. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/48.

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Background: Aphasia is an acquired language disorder, usually due to stroke, that affects the social functioning and the quality of life of the person with aphasia as well as the quality of life of his or her family and caregivers. Traditional aphasia therapy has tended to focus on decontextualized tasks and discrete elements of language functioning. The Life Participation Approach to Aphasia (LPAA) focuses on the collaborative nature of communication and addresses communication within personally relevant contexts. Joint decision-making is one type of social interaction that occurs frequently between married couples and has received considerable attention in the literature. To date, no study has investigated how married couples affected by aphasia collaboratively make decisions. Aim: The present study aims to provide foundational information on joint decision-making by married couples affected by aphasia. Methods and Procedures: Fourteen married couples in which one of the spouses had aphasia volunteered to participate in the study. A variety of assessment measures were administered to the participants with aphasia to characterize their speech and language deficits and all participants were administered a non-verbal reasoning test and a marital quality scale. The primary task of interest in this study involved a joint decision-making activity in which spouses were read two hypothetical ‘survival-type’ scenarios and were given a list of items for each scenario. The spouses were instructed to decide on six items and then rank their selected items in order of importance in terms of their value in helping them survive the scenarios. Participants’ interactions were audio- and video-recorded, and their verbal communication transcribed verbatim. The participants’ communicative interactions were coded for speech functions and analyzed by comparing differences in communication behaviors between the spouses with and without aphasia. Results: Findings showed that participants with and without aphasia utilized a variety of speech functions but that the participants with aphasia made far fewer attempts to persuade their spouse to agree with them and that the spouses without aphasia tended to dominate the interaction, resulting in an imbalance of power in the decision-making process. Despite the differences in communication behaviors, both groups of spouses were supportive of the ideas suggested by their significant other and conflicts were typically resolved quickly. Conclusion: Findings from this study revealed potential discrepancies in the balance of power between the spouses with and without aphasia in decision-making communication. Suggestions are provided for tailoring interventions and guiding future research in joint decision-making in couples affected by aphasia.
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Corbin, Susan Lee Dunning. "Relationship maintenance in everyday conversation : couples' talk at dinner /." Digital version accessible at:, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Harmon, Rebecca A. "Social network disclosure in romantic relationships associations with approval and commitment /." Diss., Connect to the thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10066/1424.

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Layfield, Carly. "Social network disclosure in romantic relationships associations with approval and commitment /." Diss., Connect to the thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10066/1422.

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Mudd, James Edmund. "Solution-Focused Therapy and Communication Skills Training: An integrated approach to couples therapy." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36362.

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This study uses a quasi-experimental design to determine if a solution-focused therapy (SFT) approach to couples counseling can be effective in improving an individual's marital satisfaction, and if a SFT approach to couples therapy can be improved upon by adding a one-time, psycho-educational intervention (i.e. Video #2 from the Fighting for your Marriage series: The Speaker/Listener Technique) that is normally not a part of the model. Nine male-female couples participated in the project. One group (n = 8) completed treatment without viewing the communication skills video while the other group (n = 10) viewed the video at week two of treatment. Three questions were asked when analyzing data: 1. Do individuals who receive both solution-focused therapy and the speaker/listener tape end therapy reporting a greater increase in marital satisfaction than individuals who receive solution-focus therapy only? 2. Do individuals who receive both solution-focused therapy and the speaker/listener tape end therapy reporting a greater increase in satisfaction with their couple communication than those who receive solution-focused therapy only? 3. Do individuals who receive both solution-focused therapy and the speaker/listener tape end therapy reporting more satisfaction with the therapy process than those who receive solution-focused therapy only? No significant difference in marital satisfaction or communication satisfaction was found between the two groups. However, individuals who viewed the video reported being significantly more satisfied with therapy. In addition, both groups reported significant improvement in their relationships which suggests that SFT promotes change. Evidence also suggests that males and females respond to SFT in significantly different ways. The study was limited by its small sample size and one measure that was deemed unreliable. Findings suggest that integration of models and/or interventions is a delicate balance of art and design, and can be altered by such things as dose, philosophy, and placement of psychosocial treatments.
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Bartley, Don. "Measuring the effectiveness of the Couple Communication I program on improving the problem-solving skills of married couples in therapy." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Lindstrom, Rachel A. "Cyclicality and the relationship between neuroticism, communication, and relationship satisfaction in cohabiting couples." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/15573.

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Jared R. Anderson
Amber V. Vennum
The present study sought to extend the research on cyclical, or on-again/off-again relationships, by examining whether a history of cyclicality moderated the association between neuroticism and relationship satisfaction. A second goal of this study was to examine the direct and indirect effects of neuroticism on relationship satisfaction through communication. The sample consisted of cohabiting cyclical (n = 1,055) and noncyclical (n = 2,527) couples from a larger dataset collected by the RELATE Institute. Results showed that cyclical partners reported higher levels of neuroticism, higher levels of conflict, lower levels of positive communication, and lower levels of relationship satisfaction than noncyclical couples. Direct actor paths from neuroticism to satisfaction were significant for cyclical and noncyclical females and males. Only the direct partner path from female neuroticism to male satisfaction was significant, and was only significant for cyclical couples. All indirect actor and partner paths were significant for cyclical and noncyclical females and males. Further, a history of cyclicality significantly moderated the direct paths from male communication to male and female relationship satisfaction, indicating this relationship is stronger for cyclical couples.
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Matsuda, Yui. "Predictors of Sexual Relationship Power, Communication and Sexual Decision Making among Latino Couples." VCU Scholars Compass, 2012. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/350.

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Unintended pregnancy (UP) is increasing among Latinos in the United States. Unintended pregnancy contributes to many negative consequences for infants, mothers and families. Concurrently, various factors affect Latino couples’ sexual relationship power, communication and decision making about family planning, including sexual relationship power, relationship commitment, dyadic adjustment, individual background, and cultural characteristics. Previous research has not focused on understanding the factors that affect Latino couples’ sexual relationship power, communication and sexual decision making from each partner’s perspective. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between sexual relationship power, communication, and sexual decision making from each partner’s perspective in relationship to family planning. In a cross-sectional design, recruited were a convenience sample of 40 Latino couples whose female partners in their second/third trimester from prenatal care clinics. Almost half of the participants were Mexican (males: 48%; females: 43%). The mean ages were 28 years (males, SD:5.67) and 26.5 years old (females, SD 4.81). Sample characteristics and partner responses were compared and contrasted. Machismo, perceived relationship commitment, relationship satisfaction and perceived decision making significantly contributed to the variance in sexual relationship power among women (F(8,26) = 6.776, p < 0.001). Increasing sexual relationship power through Latina empowerment and mutual decision making has the potential to build sustainable relationships. Relationship commitment, relationship satisfactions as well as cultural values (machismo and marianismo) were also the significant predictors for most of the study key variables. Decision making conversations among couples should optimally begin before the initiation of sexual activity and continue throughout the couples’ active sexual relationship. Couples communication facilitates making known each other’s will and thoughts and helps to promote healthy reproductive and sexual lives. Findings will contribute to developing targeted interventions to decrease UP while increasing quality of life for Latino families.
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Zietlow, Paul H. "An analysis of the communication behaviors, understanding, self-disclosure, sex roles, and marital satisfaction of elderly couples and couples in earlier life stages /." The Ohio State University, 1986. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487268021746925.

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Kogan, Anya V., and Anya V. Kogan. "Frontal EEG Asymmetry and Communication Patterns During Discussion of Disagreements in Romantic Partners." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/620878.

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Relationship conflict puts individuals at risk for emotional distress and physical illness. Although many studies in the field have focused on examining cardiovascular, endocrine, and immunological changes associated with relationship conflict, the role of central nervous system processes in relationship functioning remains vastly underexplored. The present study examined frontal electroencephalographic (EEG) alpha asymmetry during discussions of disagreements in romantic partners. Asymmetrical brain activity over the frontal cortex has been conceptualized in the literature as both a trait and state indicator of approach and withdrawal behaviors, with relatively greater left than right frontal activity corresponding to approach behaviors and relatively less left than right frontal activity corresponding to withdrawal behaviors. It was hypothesized that during discussions of disagreements in romantic partners, relatively greater left than right frontal activity would be associated with approach of discussion whereas relatively less left than right frontal EEG asymmetry would be associated with avoidance of discussion. It was also hypothesized that partners would engage in higher level of approach behaviors and exhibit relatively greater left than right frontal activity during discussion of the issue in the relationship that they chose to discuss relative to the issue chosen by their partner. Fifty heterosexual college couples in romantic relationships for at least two months came to the laboratory for a 2.5-hour experimental session, during which self-reported measures were administered, EEG activity was recorded continuously from both partners, and interactions were video-recorded. Participants were asked to engage in 2 discussions of topics on which they disagreed, in counterbalanced order, and each partner was given an opportunity to select an issue to be discussed (Her Issue vs. His Issue). After each discussion, participants were asked to watch a video-recording of their discussions and rate themselves continuously, using a computer mouse, on how much they approached and avoided the discussion. After excluding left-handed participants and data unusable due to equipment failure, data from 25 couples were analyzed. Consistent with the study hypothesis, during discussion of Her Issue, in female partners, greater self-reported rating of approach of discussion was associated with relatively greater left than right frontal activity at F4-F3 and F2-F1 EEG leads. However, there was no significant association between rating of approach of discussion and frontal EEG asymmetry at any of the sites in males during Her Issue, and no effects of rating of approach of discussion on frontal EEG asymmetry at any of the sites during His Issue in either males or females. Consistent with the study hypothesis, both female and male participants evidenced greater rating of approach of discussion during the issue they chose to discuss relative to their partners' issue. Additionally, consistent with the study prediction, males evidenced relatively greater left than right frontal activity measured by the overall asymmetry across 4 regions as well as at F6-F5, F4-F3, and F2-F1 during His Issue relative to Her Issue, and females exhibited greater relative left frontal activity at F8-F7 during Her Issue relative to His Issue. However, there were no significant differences in level of frontal EEG asymmetry measured at other EEG sites. There was a significant positive association between own approach of discussion, as derived from a self-report measure of Demand-Withdraw, and relatively greater left than right frontal activity at F8-F7, F6-F5, and F4-F3 during Her Issue but not His Issue. The current study provided partial support for the association between approach and withdrawal interactions and frontal EEG asymmetry during discussions of disagreements in romantic partners. Future studies should establish whether patterns of changes in frontal EEG activity associated with these interactions have an effect on relationship quality and satisfaction, partners' ability to resolve disagreements, and partners' psychological and physical health.
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Law, Miu-sheung, and 羅妙嫦. "An exploratory study of the communication pattern and level of intimacy among married couples." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1989. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31248421.

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Furukawa, Ryoko. "Using video-mediated communication to support pregnant couples separated during satogaeri bunben in Japan." Diss., University of Iowa, 2011. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/2873.

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The purpose of this study was to explore the use of video-mediated communication (VMC) to support couples separated during classic Satogaeri Bunben. Satogaeri Bunben refers to the Japanese tradition when a pregnant woman leaves her own home to return to her parents' home during the prenatal period, while her husband often stays behind in the couple's house. When a couple geographically live apart during Satogaeri Bunben, it may decrease father-infant attachment and the negatively impact the marital relationship. VMC was selected as the supportive intervention for couples choosing Satogaeri Bunben in this study because: 1) it provides additional visual cues, which are particularly important because Japanese communication is highly contextual and often more nonverbal than verbal, 2) the addition of visual cues allow husbands the opportunity to see their infant, because they cannot talk, and 3) Japan has one of the best broadband systems worldwide. The specific aims were to explore VMC during Satogaeri Bunben in relation to father-infant attachment and the marital relationship and to describe VMC experiences of Japanese couples separated during Satogaeri Bunben. A comparative case study design with a mixed methods approach to data collection and analysis was used. The specific mixed methods approach used was a [QUAL + quan] triangulation-convergence model. For the qualitative data, the primary source of data was the Participant Diary. The primary sources of quantitative data included three instruments: 1) Taiji Kanjyo Hyotei Syakudo (TKHS), 2) Intimate Bond Measure (IBM), and 3) Primary Communication Inventory (PCI). The PCI was translated into Japanese for this study using a committee approach. Four couples were participated in this study. Data collection for each couple took approximately two to three month to complete. Qualitative data analysis divided the couples in two groups: 1) the engaged group, who were very attentive each other's feelings and 2) the detached group, who were inattentive. The PCI scores further supported the existence of two groups. However, the TKHS and IBM scores were mixed. The limitations included a small sample size and lack of variability in sample characteristics, and short time frame. This study was also the first time to use a newly translated PCI in Japanese. This study successfully explored the use of VMC to support couples choosing Satogaeri Bunben focusing on decreasing the impact of the separation of the couple and later the separation of the husband from his new infant. The qualitative and quantitative findings provided a first glimpse into four couples' feelings and VMC experiences during Satogaeri Bunben, especially in relation to father-infant attachment and the marital relationship. The use of VMC provided ongoing virtual, rather than physical co-presence, which may help couple's communication and relationship during their separation, as they transitioned to parenthood.
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Thibault, Norman E. "Relationship of Therapist Age and Gender to Couples' Communication in Marriage and Family Therapy." DigitalCommons@USU, 1998. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2542.

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The purpose of this study was to determine if therapist age and gender have a relationship with the influence tactics used by the therapist in marital therapy, and if this relationship influences the communication behaviors of couples m marital therapy. There has been much research conducted on couples' communication behaviors in therapy, yet n one of the research relates the relationship of the age and the gender of therapists with couples' communiCation behaviors in therapy. This is an exploratory study to examine this relationship. Forty-four to-minute videotaped segments of marital therapy were coded to examine the influence tacocs used by the therapists, as well as the communication behaviors of the couples in session. Results indicate that therapist age and gender do no t have a staosocally significant relationship with the influence tactics used by the therapist in mutual therapy. In addition, the influence tactics that were used by theraptsts do not have a statistically significant relationship with the communication behaviors of the couple in marital therapy.
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Klinetob, Nadya A. "An investigation of demand-withdraw communication in anxious, avoidant, and securely attached married couples /." The Ohio State University, 1997. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487948158629414.

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Hupp, Micayla B. "Jealousy, Trait Anxiety, and Self-Esteem as Discriminant Mediators of Couples’ Communicative Strategies." Marietta College / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1525350178739573.

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Wong, Wai-lan Eve, and 黃慧蘭. "To talk or not to talk: a study of the knowledge, communication pattern and expectation about sex of couplespreparing for marriage." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31250312.

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Dahi, Khetam. "Examining interruption in conversation among Middle-Eastern couples." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2001. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1900.

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Loos, Victor Eugene. "Communication and Conflict in Marital Dyads: A Personal Construct Approach." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1986. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332170/.

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A typology of marital dyads derived from Kelly's (1955) Personal Construct Psychology was used to investigate the communicative behaviors of married companions. Four groups based on Kelly's Commonality (dyadic similarity) and Sociality (dyadic understanding) corollaries were contrasted: similar-understanding, dissimilar-understanding, similar-misunderstanding, and dissimilar-misunderstanding couples. It was expected that dyadic understanding would contribute more to self-disclosure, cooperative involvement, and marital satisfaction than dyadic similarity. Furthermore, it was anticipated that couples high in understanding and low in similarity would represent optimally functioning couples, as evidenced by disclosure, satisfaction, and involvement with each other. Sixty-three married couples who had known each other at least two years completed questionnaire items assessing demographic variables, marital satisfaction (Dyadic Adjustment Scale) and self-reported communication behaviors (Partner Communication Inventory, Dyadic Disclosure Inventory). Each spouse also completed an 8 X 8 Repertory Grid and predicted the mate's responses on the Rep Grid. Subjects then participated in three different audio-taped discussion tasks (an informal conversation, a consensus decision-making task, and a role-played conflict-resolution scene) which were rated for avoidant, competitive, and cooperative responses, as well as overall self-disclosure. Although understanding facilitated disclosure in conflict situations and similarity fostered marital satisfaction, communicative behaviors generally reflected the joint influence of both similarity and understanding. Dissimilar-understanding couples were intensely involved with each other and freely disclosed, but were not highly satisfied. Similar-understanding couples were the most content and had the greatest sense of validation as a couple. Similar-misunderstanding couples restricted their relationship by attempting to avoid expected confrontations. Dissimilar-misunderstanding couples viewed themselves in a socially desirable light, tried to maintain congenial, nonintimate interactions, and were moderately contented. Implications for therapeutic programs, for Kelly's theory, and for future research were discussed.
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Tabares, Amber A. "How couples praise and complain : an examination of two brief marital interventions /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/9185.

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Ogolsky, Brian Gabriel. "Antecedents and Consequences of Relationship Maintenance in Intimate Relationships." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/194218.

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Relationship maintenance represents an important understudied relational construct. Three studies were conducted to examine the correlates of relationship maintenance across five factors: positivity, openness, assurances, social networks, and sharing tasks. Study one is a meta-analytic review of the existing literature on relationship maintenance and its correlates. Studies two and three are empirical examinations of the predictors of and barriers to relationship maintenance enactment in same-sex couples using a variety of methodological and statistical approaches.Study one is a meta-analysis that focuses on synthesizing the existing literature on relationship maintenance and several relational outcomes including satisfaction, commitment, mutuality, liking, love, and relationship duration as well as gender differences in the enactment of maintenance behaviors. Results suggest that relationship maintenance and the first five correlates are positivity related and these effects are moderate to large in magnitude. Relationship duration was negatively related to three of the five relationship maintenance factors, positively related to social networks, and not related to sharing tasks. Additionally, women tend to perform slightly more maintenance behaviors than men.Study two examines the association between relationship maintenance and commitment using a cross-lagged, actor-partner interdependence model to assess the direction of this relationship among same-sex couples. A sample of 98 couples was measured over 14 days. Results show support for a causal pathway from commitment to relationship maintenance and do not support the opposite pathway. Support for this causal pathway was also demonstrated through the examination of cross-partner effects.Study three explores the potential barriers to relationship maintenance enactment. Daily conflict was examined as it predicts relationship maintenance behaviors and the moderational effects of constructive and destructive (demand-withdraw) communication styles were examined. Results illustrate a negative relationship between conflict and relationship maintenance suggesting that engaging in interpersonal conflict results in decreased relationship maintenance enactment. The detrimental influence of conflict was minimized, however, when couples utilized a constructive rather than destructive communication style. To the contrary, destructive communication styles enhanced the negative effects of conflict with the exception of the actor-demand, partner-withdraw pattern, which reduced the negative effect of conflict.
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