Behavioral Components of Marital Satisfaction: An Individualized Assessment Approach.

Johnson, Patti L.; O'Leary, K. Daniel

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ERIC Number: EJ535477

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Publication Date: 1996

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Behavioral Components of Marital Satisfaction: An Individualized Assessment Approach.

Johnson, Patti L.; O'Leary, K. Daniel

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, v64 n2 p417-23 Apr 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, discriminating distressed from nondistressed spouses. (KW)

Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Coping, Evaluation, Family Counseling, Family Problems, Happiness, Marital Instability, Marital Satisfaction, Marriage Counseling, Satisfaction, Spouses, Well Being

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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