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Parents' Aggressive Influences and Children's Aggressive Problem Solutions with Peers
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Duman, Sarah; Margolin, Gayla – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2007
This study examined children's aggressive and assertive solutions to hypothetical peer scenarios in relation to parents' responses to similar hypothetical social scenarios and parents' actual marital aggression. The study included 118 children ages 9 to 10 years old and their mothers and fathers. Children's aggressive solutions correlated with…
Descriptors: Parent Influence, Aggression, Parent Child Relationship, Problem Solving
A Multilevel Approach to the Assessment of Communication Positiveness in Distressed Marital Couples
Margolin, Gayla – International Journal of Family Counseling, 1978
This study was designed to analyze the extent to which different observers coded examples of communication positiveness in couple interactions. Husband's communication positiveness, wife's communication positiveness, and relationship adjustment were the multiple targets of observation. The data were collected from 27 couples who sought marital…
Descriptors: Adults, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Problems, Marital Instability
Comparative Evaluation of Therapeutic Components Associated with Behavioral Marital Treatments.
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Margolin, Gayla; Weiss, Robert L. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1978
Investigated the relative effectiveness of therapeutic components common to behavioral marital therapies: procedures designed to change behavior and attitudes, and nonspecific therapeutic effects. Ordering produced three treatment conditions--nonspecific, behavioral, and behavioral-attitudinal. The behavioral-attitudinal group showed significantly…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Communication Skills
Conjoint Marital Therapy to Enhance Anger Management and Reduce Spouse Abuse.
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Margolin, Gayla – American Journal of Family Therapy, 1979
Describes a treatment program for couples who mishandle anger or are physically abusive. The treatment endorses the elimination of demonstrations of anger and elaborates upon ways to identify preliminary anger cues. Abusiveness is unacceptable. Methods to improve problem-solving skills and to enhance overall enjoyment of the relationship are also…
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Battered Women, Crisis Intervention
Sequential Analysis of Conflict and Accord in Distressed and Nondistressed Marital Partners.
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Margolin, Gayla; Wampold, Bruce E. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1981
Compared the interactional patterns of distressed (N=22) and nondistressed (N=17) couples through base rate and sequential analyses of communication samples that were coded with the Marital Interactional Coding System. Nondistressed couples emitted higher rates of problem-solving, verbal and nonverbal positive, and neutral behaviors. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods
Relationships among Marital Assessment Procedures: A Correlational Study.
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Margolin, Gayla – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1978
Examined relationships among methods for assessing marital adjustment: self-reports of marital satisfaction, spouse reports of pleasing and displeasing behaviors, and trained observers' coding of positive and negative communication. Frequency of pleasing behaviors was only measure correlating with global marital satisfaction. Inverse relationships…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attitudes, Behavior Rating Scales, Communication (Thought Transfer)