Patterns of Marital Problems in Marriage Guidance Clients

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ID2586680
AuthorsJ Krupinski (0000-0002-5136-8898, corresponding author), Elizabeth Marshall (0000-0001-9503-6767), Valerie Yule
Year1970
Volume32
Issue1
Pages138
Publication date1970-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Marriage and the Family (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-2445 • E-ISSN: 1741-3737
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/349985
OpenAlexW2084742974
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited1

The presenting problems of 641 marriages coming to marital counseling were factor-analyzed to produce six factors corroborated by a modified linkage analysis. The factors were interpreted as pairs, referring either to the husband or to the wife, and were used as a basis for distinction of three main dimensions of marital maladjustments: (1) dominance-submission power struggle; (2) the alienation pole of an affection-alienation dimension; and (3) the avoidance pole of an intimacy-avoidance dimension. Within each area, practical difficulties, interpersonal conflict and personal defects or maladjustment interacted to an extent indicating that marriage counselors could not afford to concentrate on a particular aspect of a client's problem without some knowledge of his current context. Applications of the findings for counseling and training of counselors are indicated

Affection · Alienation · Context (archaeology · Dimension (graph theory · Dominance (genetics · Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal influence · Interpersonal relationship · Wife · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Counseling Practices and Supervision · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology

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