Can questionnaire reports correctly classify relationship distress and partner physical abuse?

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This article provides an analysis of a Dyadic Adjustment Scale questionnaire with a Confict Tactics Scale questionnaire when conducting a study on domestic violence. The authors found that both questionnaires overdiagnosed spousal distress when compared with interviews.

United States, Methods, Evaluation, Interviews, Family violence, Domestic violence, Psychology, Questionnaires, Psychological methods

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Before children: preparenthood cognitions of distressed and husband-to-wife aggressive couples

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The positive and negative cognitions on parenthood were analyzed among recently married childless couples, specifically those in husband-to-wife (H-to-W) aggressive marriages. Results reveal that H-to-W aggressive couples expect parenthood to be a more unpredictable and difficult job than spouses in marriages not involved in H-to-W aggression. Wives also exhibited greater fears that having a child would lead to loss of freedom than did husbands. Furthermore, wives' positive and negative preparenthood cognitions significantly predict preparenthood status.

Married people, Parenthood, Family, Aggressiveness (Psychology)

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Feeling controlled in marriage: A phenomenon specific to physically aggressive couples?

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It has been asserted that there is a link between coercive control and the occurrence of physical aggression in marriage. A study tested the hypotheses that both partners in aggressive marriages report feeling more controlled than those in nonaggressive marriages, and that aggressive men have stronger control needs than nonaggresive men, while wives should feel more controlled than husbands. Spouses in happy marriages did feel less controlled than spouses in the distresses nonaggressive and aggressive groups. Wives in aggressive marriages were more likely to report control by their husbands.

Psychological aspects, Family psychotherapy, Family counseling, Marriage

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