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Peer reviewedBlechman, Elaine A.; Rabin, Claire – American Journal of Family Therapy, 1982
Describes the Marriage Contract Game, designed to help couples negotiate relationship and task problems in an explicit, rational manner. Discusses the game's conceptual ties to modes of behavioral family intervention and to the social psychology of bargaining. Concludes with an example of the game's application to a distressed couple. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Case Studies, Conflict Resolution, Contracts
