Recent attempts by relationship researchers to understand cognitive processes within
relationships and their association with a variety of relationship phenomena are discussed …

The purpose of this review is to provide a balanced examination of the published research
involving the observation of couples, with special attention toward the use of observation for …

This article examines the definition, importance, conceptual basis, and functional nature of
content validity, with an emphasis on psychological assessment in clinical situations. The …

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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 …

Theories of how initially satisfied marriages deteriorate or remain stable over time have
been limited by a failure to distinguish between key facets of change. The present study …

Incorporating the most up-to-date literature in sociology, psychoanalysis, psychology, and
communication, this book provides an exhaustive synthesis of theoretical, empirical, and …

This study showed that couples' newlywed marriages and changes in their union over the
first 2 years foreshadow their long-term marital fate after 13 years. Consistent with the …

How spouses help each other contend with personal difficulties is an unexplored but
potentially important domain for understanding how marital distress develops. Newly …

Twenty-nine married couples engaged in 2 videotaped discussions: 1 in which the husband
requested a change in the wife and 1 in which the wife requested a change in the husband …