Results indicate the Marital Interaction Coding System is a dependable and valid measure of marital interaction. Generalizability theory is cost effective and provides quality data. It presents a comprehensive view of reliability and validity. (JAC)

Results indicate correlation between physical health status and depression was greater for wives than husbands. For wives, marital satisfaction and depression were related through uncontrolled variance in physical health status. For husbands, significant relationship between marital satisfaction and depression remained when physical health was…

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…

Describes the Marital Studies Program focusing on intervention modules and specific assessment procedures. Then looks at a specific case study and describes how therapeutic objectives for the couple are accommodated within the over-all system. Comments on this article are included at the end. (Author/EJT)

The Marital Status Inventory (MSI) is a 14-item intensity scale measuring likelihood of marriage dissolution. Preliminary data indicate that couples with marital problems score significantly higher than couples seeking parent-child therapy. Although predictive validity remains to be demonstrated, MSI is useful for researchers and clinicians.…

Forty undergraduate judges watched videotaped interactions of couples and rated their marital satisfaction based on certain behavioral cues. Results indicate: untrained judges were able to discriminate marital satisfaction/distress with significant validity; judges' ratings were correlated with couples' aversive behavior; and the actuarial…