Inventory of Marital Conflicts (IMC): An Experimental Interaction Procedure
TL;DR: The IMC is an interaction technique which was developed to provide valid and reliable interaction data on decision-making processes and conflict resolution in couples as discussed by the authors, consisting of 18 vignettes which present various types of marital conflicts that are generally relevant to couples.
Abstract: The IMC is an interaction technique which was developed to provide valid and reliable interaction data on decision-making processes and conflict resolution in couples. The IMC consists of 18 vignettes which present various types of marital conflicts that are generally relevant to couples. The IMC has several advantages compared to other marital interaction techniques and a new 29-category coding system has been developed to score the interaction material. The IMC also provides win scores and information on the relevancy of the material for each couple. Data has been collected from 1,000 couples married one and two years, with and without children. In addition to its possibilities as a research tool, the IMC also has potential as a diagnostic tool for marital therapy and as a means of evaluating process change resulting from treatment.
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TL;DR: A circumplex model is developed as a tool for clinical diagnosis and for specifying treatment goals with couples and families that proposes that a balanced level of both cohesion and adaptability is the most functional to marital and family development.
Abstract: The conceptual clustering of numerous concepts from family therapy and other social science fields reveals two significant dimensions of family behavior, cohesion and adaptability. These two dimensions are placed into a circumplex model that is used to identify 16 types of marital and family systems. The model proposes that a balanced level of both cohesion and adaptability is the most functional to marital and family development. It postulates the need for a balance on the cohesion dimension between too much closeness (which leads to enmeshed systems) and too little closeness (which leads to disengaged systems). There also needs to be a balance on the adaptability dimension between too much change (which leads to chaotic systems) and too little change (which leads to rigid systems). The model was developed as a tool for clinical diagnosis and for specifying treatment goals with couples and families.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a study of content, affect, and context differences as well as from sequential analyses of the data was carried out, and it was found that this coding system made it possible to account for most of the variance in the classification of couples as distressed or nondistressed.
Abstract: from a study of content, affect, and context differences as well as from sequential analyses of the data. Findings show that this coding system made it possible to account for most of the variance in the classification of couples as distressed or nondistressed. Specific findings provided tests of many currently untested hypotheses about good communication in marriages that have been the basis of clinical interventions. The hypotheses which were studied in the present investigation involve the function of metacommunication, the expression of feelings, summarizing self versus other, feeling probes, nonverbal behavior during message delivery, context differences, and positive and negative reciprocity. Functions of messages were assessed by sequential analysis procedures.
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TL;DR: At the 5-year follow-up, intervention, as compared with control, couples had higher levels of positive and lower levels of negative communication skills andLower levels of marital violence.
Abstract: This article reports the 4- and 5-year follow-up results of evaluating the effects of a marital distress prevention program. The program, Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP), is a 5-session program designed to teach couples effective communication and conflict management skills. At the 5-year follow-up, intervention, as compared with control, couples had higher levels of positive and lower levels of negative communication skills and lower levels of marital violence. Data are also presented on couples who declined the program. Issues are discussed concerning selection effects, change mechanisms, and future directions for prevention research.
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Abstract: the conditions operating. For example, we have often found particular exceptions to predicted rank positions in cases where one of the members disagrees with the others persistently, and so tends to attract or receive a disproportionate amount of communication. And we have also found exceptions when two highly interactive and agreeing members form a sub-group vis-a-vis a third neglected or rejected member. The average empirical tendencies described constitute a base-line expectation for the detection of discrepancies or exceptions which we believe will be useful in diagnostic and comparative analysis of particular groups. There are many sorts of experimental predictions that can now be made with an increased degree of accuracy through the use of the ordered matrix. The importance of the generalizations will be much increased as we are better able to identify and measure the effects of various kinds of conditions on them.
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TL;DR: A bargain is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary as an agreement between parties settling what each shall give and receive in a transaction between them and it is further specified that a bargain is an agreement or compact viewed as advantageous or the reverse as mentioned in this paper.
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