Emotion is often framed as an intrapersonal system comprised of subcomponents such as
experience, behavior, and physiology that interact over time to give rise to emotional states …

Content analysis is a method for analysing the content of a variety of data, such as visual
and verbal data. It enables the reduction of phenomena or events into defined categories so …

Indirect observation is a recent concept in systematic observation. It largely involves
analyzing textual material generated either indirectly from transcriptions of audio recordings …

Mothers and infants exchanging gleeful vocalizations, married couples discussing their
problems, children playing, birds courting, and monkeys fighting all have this in common …

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In a longitudinal study, infants 6-18 months of age were observed in their homes playing
with their mothers and with peers. Of primary concern was how they coordinated their …

Two longitudinal studies of marital interaction were conducted using observational coding of
couples attempting to resolve a high-conflict issue. We found that a different pattern of …

Studied 30 married couples during naturalistic interactions to determine the extent to which
variation in marital satisfaction could be accounted for by physiological and affective …

Studied the relation between empathy (defined as the ability to perceive accurately how
another person is feeling) and physiology in 31 Ss. Ss viewed 15-min marital interactions …

In exploring the emotional climate of long-term marriages, this study used an observational
coding system to identify specific emotional behaviors expressed by middle-aged and older …