A Multilevel Approach to the Assessment of Communication Positiveness in Distressed Marital Couples.

Margolin, Gayla

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ERIC Number: EJ184592

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Publication Date: 1978

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A Multilevel Approach to the Assessment of Communication Positiveness in Distressed Marital Couples

Margolin, Gayla

International Journal of Family Counseling, 6, 1, 81-8, Spr 78

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 counseling. (Author)

Descriptors: Adults, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Problems, Marital Instability, Marriage Counseling, Positive Reinforcement, Research Projects

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