Violent Couples: Coping and Communication Skills |
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Authors: | George F Ronan Laura E Dreer Katherine M Dollard Donna W Ronan |
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Institution: | (1) Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan |
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Abstract: | Twelve married couples court-ordered to attend a violence reduction treatment program completed self-report measures of anger, social problem-solving skills, and strategies employed for dealing with high-conflict situations. They were subsequently videotaped while discussing 3 different scenarios. Three raters independently coded the videotapes for the use of effective and ineffective communication strategies used by the participants. Aggregate reliability estimates were acceptable. No gender-based differences were found on the self-report measures or the communication skill ratings. When couples discussed low-conflict situations use of effective skills exceeded use of ineffective skills, and when couples discussed high-conflict problems use of ineffective skills exceeded use of effective skills. Implications for treatment of spousal assault are presented. |
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Keywords: | domestic violence marital interaction communication skills |
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