W R Schumm
Biographic Data
| ID | 23592 |
|---|---|
| NAME | W R Schumm |
| GIVEN NAMES | W R |
| FAMILY NAME | Schumm |
| SIGNATURE | SCHUMM W R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kansas State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3097-3551 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 179 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 202 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 179 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Testing Bernard’s Thesis of His and Hers Marriage Using Marital Satisfaction Research Published Between 1929 and 1950
Results from 17 studies published between 1929 and 1950 with 36 effect sizes for marital adjustment, happiness, or satisfaction were subjected to a meta-analysis to test Jessie Bernard’s thesis about “his” and “hers” marriage as it may have applied to early family research in the USA. While the meta-analysis did not support the hypotheses that wives would report lower levels of or greater variation in marital adjustment, it was found that wives a…
Low Cost Social Science Surveys in Rural Areas: Maximizing Response Rates and Lowering Nonresponse Bias Through Creative Theory and Methodology
Contrasting Theory and Research Regarding Early Islamic Qiblas
Even though many scholars have recognized that early qiblas, the direction of Islamic prayers towards their holy city, often did not appear to face Mecca geographically, Dan Gibson’s research more specifically identified Petra as the first holy city of Islam for many decades after the founding of Islam, even as late as when Islam had spread from Spain to India. Recent statistical research has supported Gibson’s theory, but his theory continues to…
Reliability and Validation of U.S. Army-Oriented Brief Work-to-Family and Family-to-Work Conflict Scales: An Email Sample of 262 Army Career Officers
Work–family conflicts (WFCs) and family–work conflicts (FWCs) have been found to be important to worker morale and retention as well as family (as defined by the respondents) well-being, with particular importance within the military, as indicated by a number of studies in the United States, Canada, and European countries. However, few studies have focused on the impact of WFC and FWC for high ranking officers and their families. This study invol…
Sexual Orientation Change Efforts, Adverse Childhood Experiences, and Suicidality
"Sexual Orientation Change Efforts, Adverse Childhood Experiences, and Suicidality." , 111(4), pp. e19–e20
How Accurately Could Early (622-900 C.E.) Muslims Determine the Direction of Prayers (Qibla)
Debate has arisen over the ability of Muslim architects in the first two centuries of Islam to determine true qiblas accurately. Some believe that they had such a capability, while others think not. The argument could be more complex—perhaps some architects could, while others could not; perhaps their accuracy changed over time or over greater distances from qibla targets. Here, we investigated how the accurate qiblas of 60 mosques or related str…
Estimating the Standard Deviation From the Range: A Replication of Analysis of Demographic Data Reported in Marriage & Family Review , 2016-2017
A major concern in the social sciences is lack of replication of previous studies. An important methodological concern in the social sciences is the ability to determine effect sizes in addition to statistical significance levels. Effect sizes cannot be easily calculated in the absence of sufficient data; usually standard deviations are needed. If standard deviations are not available, how can they be estimated? Various proposals have been offere…
Reply to Cameron et al: Mistakes Were Made. Can They Be Corrected
Cameron, Cameron, and Proctor (2017 Cameron, P., Cameron, K. M., & Proctor, K. (2017). Children of homosexuals more apt to become homosexual and experience parental molestation: Surveys over three decades. Marriage & Family Review, 53, 429–433. doi:10.1080/01494929.2017.1279942[Taylor & Francis Online] , [Google Scholar]) have complained that Cameron and Cameron (1996 Cameron, P., & Cameron, K. (1996). Homosexual parents. Adolescence, 31, 757–776…
Youth Program Quality Survey: Youth Assessment of Program Quality
The Youth Program Quality survey, a 24-item survey of youth participant perceptions of program quality, based on program elements identified by the National Research Council (NRC) and Institute of Medicine, was developed and piloted with 614 younger teens (ages 10–13 years) and 486 older teens (ages 14–17 years) who attended 4-H camps and conferences. Evidence is presented for content and construct validity. In addition, the overall instrument de…
Methodological decisions and the evaluation of possible effects of different family structures on children: The new family structures survey (NFSS)
Children of Homosexuals More Apt to Be Homosexuals? A Reply to Morrison and to Cameron Based on an Examination of Multiple Sources of Data
Ten narrative studies involving family histories of 262 children of gay fathers and lesbian mothers were evaluated statistically in response to Morrison's (2007) concerns about Cameron's (2006) research that had involved three narrative studies. Despite numerous attempts to bias the results in favour of the null hypothesis and allowing for up to 20 (of 63, 32%) coding errors, Cameron's (2006) hypothesis that gay and lesbian parents would be more …
Paul R. Amato, Alan Booth, David R. Johnson and Stacy J. Rogers. Alone Together: How Marriage in America Is Changing
Paul R. Amato, Alan Booth, David R. Johnson and Stacy J. Rogers. ALONE TOGETHER: HOW MARRIAGE IN AMERICA IS CHANGING Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, (2007), 323 pages.The first sentence in this book begins: Throughout most of American history, marriage has been the social arrangement that, more than any-other, provided structure and meaning in people's lives (p. 1). explaining how marriage was associated with adult independence, the init…
Comparative Relationship Stability of Lesbian Mother and Heterosexual Mother Families: A Review of Evidence
It has been concluded from a review of the literature involving only one study that lesbian parents were more likely to have unstable relationships. Other scholars have struggled with considerable controversy over how much was or was not known about the stability of lesbian parent relationships as well as whether such relationships were more or less stable than heterosexual parent relationships. Arguments have been made on all sides of the issues…
Statistical Requirements for Properly Investigating a Null Hypothesis
Issues involved in the evaluation of null hypotheses are discussed. The use of equivalence testing is recommended as a possible alternative to the use of simple t or F tests for evaluating a null hypothesis. When statistical power is low and larger sample sizes are not available or practical, consideration should be given to using one-tailed tests or less conservative levels for determining criterion levels of statistical significance. Effect siz…
A Comparison of Citations Across Multidisciplinary Psychology Journals: A Case Study of Two Independent Journals 1
Citation rates and impact factors are often used in an attempt to evaluate the apparent prestige of scholarly journals and the quality of research published by individual scholars. However, the apparent prestige of "top tier" journals may reflect aggressive marketing and advertising efforts as much as scholarship. Some journals have retained their independence from professional organizations and the funding, marketing, and advocacy policies that …
A Comparison of Citations across Multidisciplinary Psychology Journals: A Case Study of Two Independent Journals
Citation rates and impact factors are often used in an attempt to evaluate the apparent prestige of scholarly journals and the quality of research published by individual scholars. However, the apparent prestige of “top tier” journals may reflect aggressive marketing and advertising efforts as much as scholarship. Some journals have retained their independence from professional organizations and the funding, marketing, and advocacy policies that …
Evidence of Pro-Homosexual Bias in Social Science: Citation Rates and Research on Lesbian Parenting
Three refereed journal articles concerning lesbian family life were identified and compared for content and methodological quality. The articles shared the same authors, same academic institution of origin, the same samples, similar dates of publication, and even the same journals. However, one article reported evidence less supportive of lesbian parenting while two articles reported evidence more supportive of lesbian parenting. Citation rates f…
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Dimensionality and Reliability of a Modified Version of Norton's 1983 Quality Marriage Index among Expectant and New Canadian Mothers
A slightly modified version of Norton's 1983 Quality Marriage Index was administered to 61 expectant mothers prior to giving birth and within 3 mo. after giving birth. Mothers' ages ranged from 19 to 43 years (M = 30, SD = 5.01) and their partners' ages ranged from 21 to 48 years (M = 32, SD = 6.02). Mothers were presented an opportunity to participate in this study during prenatal classes held at hospital and community health centers. The only r…
Family Theories and Methods
Analysis of Covariance Structures Applied to Family Research and Theory
Marital Satisfaction before and after Deployments Associated with the Global War on Terror
Previously, McLeland and Sutton (2005) assessed marital satisfaction among 46 male civilians and Reserve Component personnel, some of the latter having been alerted for a future deployment. Subsequently, marital satisfaction was also assessed for 74 male Active Component Army personnel who had recently returned from duty in a combat zone. Marital satisfaction scores were compared across personnel status. Mixed results were obtained from an analys…
Re-Evaluation of the “No Differences” Hypothesis concerning Gay and Lesbian Parenting as Assessed in Eight Early (1979–1986) and Four Later (1997–1998) Dissertations
Academic and policy effects of eight early dissertations on gay and lesbian parenting are discussed with a focus on their having been cited at least 234 times in over 50 literature reviews, beginning with Gottman in 1989 and 1990. Most literature reviews, referencing these eight early dissertations and agreeing with Gottman's early conclusions, have reiterated the theme that parenting by gay men or lesbians has outcomes no different than parentin…
Re-Evaluation of the 'No Differences' Hypothesis Concerning Gay and Lesbian Parenting as Assessed in Eight Early (1979-1986) and Four Later (1997-1998) Dissertations
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Relationship Satisfaction for Heterosexual Women Compared to Lesbians and Men in a Sample of Faith Communities from Topeka, Kansas
A modified version of the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale was administered to 239 women who belonged to 8 different faith communities in Topeka, Kansas in 2001. 12 members of a Metropolitan (gay and lesbian) church identified themselves as lesbians. Lesbian respondents reported significantly higher relationship satisfaction scores than heterosexual women (Cohen's d = 0.69). Controlling for number of children and social desirability reduced the …
Concurrent and Discriminant Validity of the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale
Walter R. Schumm, Lois A. Paff-Bergen, Ruth C. Hatch, Felix C. Obiorah, Janette M. Copeland, Lori D. Meens, Margaret A. Bugaighis, Concurrent and Discriminant Validity of the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 48, No. 2 (May, 1986), pp. 381-387
Perceived Marital Quality and Family Life-Cycle Categories: A Further Analysis
Stephen A. Anderson, Candyce S. Russell, Walter R. Schumm, Perceived Marital Quality and Family Life-Cycle Categories: A Further Analysis, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 45, No. 1 (Feb., 1983), pp. 127-139
Methodological decisions and the evaluation of possible effects of different family structures on children: The new family structures survey (NFSS)
Enhancing Learning in Statistics Classes through the Use of Concrete Historical Examples: The Space Shuttle Challenger, Pearl Harbor, and the RMS Titanic
A HOST OF SCHOLARS have acknowledged the difficulties experienced by students learning research methods and statistics, especially those in the social sciences who may not be as mathematically inclined as students in other fields of study (Blalock 1987; Bridges, Pershing, Gillmore, and Bates 1998; Potter 1995; Rushing and Winfield 1999; Salkind 2000; Watts 1991; Wybraniec and Wilmoth 1999). Students' anxieties may cause them to delay taking metho…
His and Her Marriage Revisited
Glenn (1975) and Bernard (1975) have debated the relative benefits of marriage for men and women. An analysis of data from three samples of midwestern married couples yielded partial support for both positions. While men and women were equally happy on the average, when there was an extremely wide difference in marital satisfaction, it was almost always the woman who was less satisfied-'her' marriage was quite different from 'his'-much worse
Stumbling Block or Stepping Stone: Path Analysis in Family Studies
Most importantly this paper is intended to serve as a useful guide both for the careful planning of future investigations and for the evaluation of completed studies using path analysis. It is hoped that reanalysis of previous path models and of data suitable for path analytic techniques will be stimulated. Also the paper may be a convenient initial reference for family scholars interested in learning more about path analysis. (excerpt)
Expectations, Use, and Evaluation of Communication Media among Deployed Peacekeepers
As part of an experimental unit, over five hundred active- and reserve-component (AC, RC) soldiers deployed to the Sinai Desert in 1995 on a peacekeeping mission. While most junior enlisted personnel were reservists, leadership positions were shared between components. Before their departure, most soldiers had high expectations regarding their ability to use a variety of communication media to reach their families. While their reported use of com…
Differences Between Anglo and Mexican American Family Members on Satisfaction with Family Life
Previous researchers have suggested that many of the characteristics of Mexican American families compare unfavorably with those of other groups, especially Anglos. In spite of the controversy associated with such contentions, relatively little research has compared the perceptions of multiple family members in Anglo and Hispanic families regarding their satisfaction with multiple aspects of family life. In the present study, based upon random sa…
Marital Quality over the Marital Career: Alternative Explanations
In a cross-sectional study of 196 wives, Anderson, Russell, and Schumm (1983) were able to explain a little more than 8% of variance in marital satisfaction as a function of family life-cycle categories. The same sample is reanalyzed here from the perspective of integrating the combined effects of preschool children, employment, social class, and marital social desirability. Results indicate that much of the observed decline in marital satisfacti…
Classifying Family Violence: Whither the Woozle
A typology of family violence was derived from the reports of 181 adolescent family members in intact rural and urban families sampled in the Midwest. Discriminant analysis was used in an attempt to differentiate nonviolent, verbally violent, and both verbally and physically violent families as a function of variables said to be significant predictors of family violence in a decade review by Gelles. Results indicate that the predictor variables f…
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Social Cohesion and the Five Pillars of Islam: A Comparative Perspective
A great deal of animosity exists between the western world (andits perceptions of Islam) and the Muslim world (and its perceptionsof the West). In an attempt to break down stereotypical perceptionsamong non-Muslim university students, instruction in aclass on “Understanding Islam” includes numerous aspects of thelogical wisdom of Islam. One such illustration concerns the roleof the Five Pillars in supporting and maintaining social cohesionamong m…
Differences in Paradox between Islam and Christianity: A statistical comparison
Historically Islam has been recognized as a religion that is logical. Christianity has long been recognized as having a number of beliefs or doctrines that could be described as paradoxical. Sixty-nine religious doctrines or beliefs were evaluated for paradoxical content and in terms of whether Islam and Christianity agreed or disagreed with respect to each doctrine or belief. It was hypothesized that disagreement between the two religions would …
The Desert Fax: A Research Note on Calling Home from Somalia
Survey data from near 500 civilian wives of soldiers from who deployed to Somalia for Operation Restore Hope were analyzed to determine how the mechanics of soldier-family communications affected spouse adaptation to the stresses of the deployment. Difficulty communicating with the soldier (particularly "connecting for the first time") was one of the most frequent problems that spouses experienced. This difficulty was more strongly related to the…
Young adults' preferences for premarital preparation program designs: An exploratory study
Family Violence and Adolescents' Perceptions of Outcomes of Family Conflict
VioLit summary: OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study by Martin et al. was to identify the relationship between both verbal and physical family violence and (1) the adolescent's perception of the family conflict outcomes; (2) the amount of satisfaction the reports to have with his/her relationships within the family; and (3) the amount of control the perceives in his/her own life after a disagreement with his/her parents. The article contains no d…
Integrating Theory, Measurement and Data Analysis in Family Studies Survey Research
Walter R. Schumm, Integrating Theory, Measurement and Data Analysis in Family Studies Survey Research, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 44, No. 4, Methodology: The Other Side of Caring (Nov., 1982), pp. 983-998
Sexual Orientation Change Efforts, Adverse Childhood Experiences, and Suicidality
"Sexual Orientation Change Efforts, Adverse Childhood Experiences, and Suicidality." , 111(4), pp. e19–e20
On Publishing Family Research Using "Sophisticated" Quantitative Methodologies
The author discusses three dangers in attempting to publish sophisticated quantitative family research, including ignorance of the limitations of complex statistical methods, using sophisticated analyses to overcome poor theory of measurement, and reviewer confusion with advanced techniques that may hinder publication. Help is available in the literature and elsewhere to deal with the former two dangers; suggestions are offered for dealing with t…
Family Satisfaction in Korean/American Marriages: An Exploratory Study of the Perceptions of Korean Wives
Feminism and Family Studies: Another Viewpoint
"Comments on "Age at Marriage, Role Enactment, Role Consensus, and Marital Satisfaction
Walter R. Schumm, Stephen J. Bahr, C. Bradford Chappell, Geoffrey K. Leigh, Comments on "Age at Marriage, Role Enactment, Role Consensus, and Marital Satisfaction", Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 46, No. 4 (Nov., 1984), pp. 985-988
Premarital counseling: Approaches, objectives, content, and evaluation—a bibliography
Dimensionality of the Marital Communication Inventory: A Preliminary Factor Analytic Study
An abbreviated version of the Marital Communication Inventory was administered to a university sample of 54 married couples in an earlier study. To assess the dimensionality of the scale, the data were analyzed through a common factor analysis with varimax rotation. Results indicate that the inventory does not appear to be unidimensional as has been commonly assumed, but instead appears to be heavily loaded with an element of marital adjustment o…
Marital Communication or Marital Adjustment? A Brief Report on the Marital Communication Inventory
An analysis of clinical data from 17 middle-aged couples suggests that the Marital Communication Inventory, as a global measure, primarily assesses the perceived supportiveness of one's spouse. Previous reports of substantial correlations between self-report measures of marital adjustment and total scores on the inventory may be reinterpreted as artifacts of a general evaluative component common to the measures. Further research is needed to clar…
Similarity in Self-Esteem as a Function of Duration of Marriage among Student Couples
The Tennessee Self-concept Scale was administered to a university sample of 54 married couples in an earlier study. Although the self-esteem scores of husbands and wives were moderately correlated and relatively close in magnitude, the scores did not tend to converge with length of marriage, supporting the hypothesis that mate-selection processes are responsible for the observed similarity in self-esteem between husbands and wives
Marital Communication or Marital Conventionality? A Brief Report on the Relationship Inventory
An analysis of survey data from random samples of 83 rural and 98 urban couples indicates that scores on an abbreviated version of the Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory and a short form of the Edmonds Marital Conventionality Scale are substantially correlated. Implications for use of the inventory in family research and intervention programs are discussed
Premarital counseling: Approaches, objectives, content, and evaluation—a bibliography
Stumbling Block or Stepping Stone: Path Analysis in Family Studies
Most importantly this paper is intended to serve as a useful guide both for the careful planning of future investigations and for the evaluation of completed studies using path analysis. It is hoped that reanalysis of previous path models and of data suitable for path analytic techniques will be stimulated. Also the paper may be a convenient initial reference for family scholars interested in learning more about path analysis. (excerpt)
Dimensionality of an Abbreviated Version of the Relationship Inventory: An Urban Replication with Married Couples
An abbreviated version of the Relationship Inventory (Barrett-Lennard, 1962) was administered to a random sample of 98 urban married couples to replicate an earlier study involving a sample of 83 rural married couples. Principal components were analyzed to assess the dimensionality of items pertaining to empathy, congruence, and regard. In general, results of the previous study were confirmed. Although the abbreviated inventory may have limitatio…
Dimensionality of the Marital Communication Inventory and Marital Conventionalization: A Third Report
The Marital Communication Inventory was administered to a random sample of 238 female respondents in a midwestern community. Through common factor analysis, three factors were identified. A further correlational analysis indicates that the inventory is heavily contaminated by a marital conventionalization response set. Continued use of the inventory's total score as a unidimensional measure of marital communication cannot be recommended, although…
Marital Conventionalization Revisited
Edmonds' (1967) recommendation of the Marital Conventionalization Scale as a control variable involved inherent violations of two statistical assumptions underlying partial correlation and multiple regression techniques. Interpretations of results from using the scale as Edmonds (1967) suggested appear to increase the probability of Type II errors. Deleting conventionalizing subjects from the analysis appears to be a better way to assess the impa…
The “Marital Conventionalization” Argument; Implications for the Study of Religiosity and Marital Satisfaction
The “marital conventionalization” argument set forth by Edmonds, Withers, and Dibatista (1972) claims that empirical relationships observed between measures of religiosity and marital satisfaction are spurious artifacts of the common contamination of such measures with social desirability/acquiescence response bias, identified by Edmonds (1967) as “marital conventionalization” and measured through the Marital Conventionalization Scale (MCS). More…
Evaluating Equity in the Marital Relationship: An Alternative Approach
Theory concerning the differing perceptions of marital partners often seems to invite the use of difference scores for measuring concepts such as equity, homogamy, inconsistency in social status, consensus regarding various attitudes, and similarity of personality traits. However, as illustrated with an example from equity theory, difference scores should be replaced by interaction terms in multiple regression analysis to evaluate such theory ade…
Integrating Theory, Measurement and Data Analysis in Family Studies Survey Research
Walter R. Schumm, Integrating Theory, Measurement and Data Analysis in Family Studies Survey Research, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 44, No. 4, Methodology: The Other Side of Caring (Nov., 1982), pp. 983-998
Classifying Family Violence: Whither the Woozle
A typology of family violence was derived from the reports of 181 adolescent family members in intact rural and urban families sampled in the Midwest. Discriminant analysis was used in an attempt to differentiate nonviolent, verbally violent, and both verbally and physically violent families as a function of variables said to be significant predictors of family violence in a decade review by Gelles. Results indicate that the predictor variables f…
Alternative Measures of Perceived Locus of Control
A 30-item questionnaire comprised of Rotter's I-E scale (minus 6 filler items), 6 independent questions derived from the I-E scale, and 1 independent question was administered to 93 college students. Common factor analysis assessed the dimensionality of the I-E scale, and 4 factors were identified. The relationship between the measures of locus of control was assessed, yielding evidence that the single-item measure is a valid alternative brief me…
Characteristics of the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale in a Sample of 79 Married Couples
Data from 79 couples in a midwestern sample were analyzed to evaluate the internal consistency reliability and validity of the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale. Cronbach alphas for the scale were 0.89 and 0.93 for husbands and wives, respectively, while the scale was somewhat less well correlated with an abbreviated version of the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale than with an abbreviated version of Edmonds' Marital Conventionalization Sc…
Psychosocial Factors Associated with the Adjustment of Basic Trainees in the U. S. Army
Self-report data from 114 basic trainees referred to a military mental health facility at Fort Bragg for adjustment difficulties were compared to equivalent data obtained from a random sample of 40 trainees at the same installation in the summer of 1968. Greater adjustment difficulties were associated with involuntary enlistment, failure to complete high school, poorer grades in high school, previous arrest record or psychiatric care, urban backg…
Test-Retest Reliability of the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale
Further development of a brief measure of marital satisfaction is reported. The Kansas Marital Satisfaction (KMS) Scale was administered to 106 mothers who participated in a pretest for a nutrition education program. In accordance with previous research, Cronbach alpha estimates of internal consistency reliability were, at .96 or greater, more than adequate; test-retest reliability of the scale was substantial, as indicated by an r of .71 over a …
Characteristics of Responses to the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale by a Sample of 84 Married Mothers
Responses to 3 items on marital satisfaction, 6 on Edmond's Marital Conventionalization Scale, 6 from the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale from 84 married mothers, aged 34.7 yr., indicated reasonable reliability and usual problems with skew and kurtosis. Significant marital social desirability was noted. The scale seems useful
Perceived Marital Quality and Family Life-Cycle Categories: A Further Analysis
Stephen A. Anderson, Candyce S. Russell, Walter R. Schumm, Perceived Marital Quality and Family Life-Cycle Categories: A Further Analysis, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 45, No. 1 (Feb., 1983), pp. 127-139
The Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale: A Further Brief Report
The Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale was administered by survey to 51 wives between the ages of 32 and 71 yr. Further support for the internal consistency reliability of the scale (α = 0.92) was obtained, and patterns of differences between the item means paralleled previous research. Evidence was found for the concurrent validity of the scale, which correlated significantly with six of seven items from the satisfaction subscale of Spanier's Dya…
"Comments on "Age at Marriage, Role Enactment, Role Consensus, and Marital Satisfaction
Walter R. Schumm, Stephen J. Bahr, C. Bradford Chappell, Geoffrey K. Leigh, Comments on "Age at Marriage, Role Enactment, Role Consensus, and Marital Satisfaction", Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 46, No. 4 (Nov., 1984), pp. 985-988
"Comments on "Marital Cohesion: A Path Model
Assessing Spouses' Perceptions of Gottman's Temporal Form in Marital Conflict
Gottman (1982) has developed a model of marital interaction and conflict that involves distinct ways in which distressed and nondistressed couples attempt to resolve disagreements over three sequential stages, a pattern Gottman identifies as temporal form. To determine whether married couples might recognize the elements of each stage in their own relationship, scales for assessing each stage of conflict were developed. The scales appear to have …
Construct Validity of the Dyadic Trust Scale
Larzelere and Huston defined trust as “the extent that a person believes another person (or persons) to be benevolent and honest” (1980), p. 596) and developed a scale alleged to have excellent construct validity as well as high reliability. An independent analysis of their Dyadic Trust Scale for a sample of 79 married couples partially supports the construct validity but suggests that the scale is measuring benevolence more than honesty or trust
Dimensions of Competence and Interest in Home Economics
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