Memories of Feeling Misunderstood, and a Schema of Partner Empathic Responding
New Scales for Marital Research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2932954 |
|---|---|
| Authors | K Sanford (0000-0003-4995-9864, Michigan State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 490-501 |
| Publication date | 1998-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0265-4075 • E-ISSN: 1460-3608 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0265407598154003 |
| OpenAlex | W2045139752 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 12 |
Two instruments were created to assess cognitions in marital relationships: these were a 4-minute speeded test to assess Memory Accessibility for Partner Not Understanding (MAPNU), and a 20-item Likert-type questionnaire to assess Schema of Partner Empathic Responses to Anger (SOPERA). Seventy-four married individuals (37 couples, ranging from happily married to mildly distressed) completed both cognitive measures, the Dyadic Adjustment Scale and the Areas of Change questionnaire. The cognitive measures produced high reliability coefficients and a high convergent validity coefficient. SOPERA was related to, but not redundant with, general marital adjustment, and these two constructs best fit a two-dimensional as compared to a one-dimensional confirmatory factor analysis model. MAPNU was not correlated with length of marriage nor with a measure of general response production. Having a partner who demonstrated accurate understanding on the Areas of Change questionnaire was related to scores on both MAPNU and SOPERA, and path analysis supported a model in which SOPERA mediates the relationship between partner accurate understanding and relationship satisfaction
Anger · Cognition · Confirmatory factor analysis · Convergent validity · Developmental psychology · Feeling · Internal consistency · Likert scale · Psychometrics · Scale (ratio · Schema (genetic algorithms · Structural equation modeling · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2017 (20) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |