Post-divorce adaptation and the attribution of responsibility

Interpersonal problem solving: Problem conceptualization and communication use

“…For example, an event is or is not a problem, or it is one type of problem or another. Numerous categorical schemes for interpersonal problems exist (e.g., Appel & Kaestner, 1979;Barker, 1984;Baxter & Wilmot, 1985;Jacobson, Waldron, & Moore, 1980;Kelley, Cunningham, & Stambul, as reported in Kelley, 1979;Levant, 1984;Klein & Hill, 1979;Newman & Langer, 1981;Parod & Parod, 1968;Peterson, 1983;Umana, Gross, & McConville, 1980). On the other hand, the dimensional viewpoint permits degree.…”

Affect and Cognition in Close Relationships: Towards an Integrative Model

“…Rather than examine how individuals and their spouses judge relative contributions to activities in the relationship, a second and more prominent line of research investigates the causal attributions made for the occurrence of relationship events (Doherty, 1982;Fichten, 1984;Fincham, 1985b;Fincham, Beach, & Baucom, in press;Fincham, Beach, & Nelson, in press;Fincham & O'Leary, 1983;Holtzworth-Munroe & Jacobson, 1985;Jacobson, McDonald, Follette, & Berley, 1985;Kyle & Falbo, 1985;Madden & Janoff-Bulman, 1981;Shields & Hanneke, 1983; also see Fletcher, 1983asee Fletcher, , 1983bHarvey, Wells, & Alvarez, 1978;Newman & Langer, 1981;Orvis, 41solated studies relating marital satisfaction to other cognitive variables have also been reported. These include field dependence (e.g.…”

Measures of Happiness: Which to Choose?

“…This is typically not assessed in qualitative studies on happiness (listed in section Aj09 of the Bibliography of Happiness), which focus on what people like or not. A few studies have estimated the degree (quantity) of happiness on the basis of content analysis of qualitative data such as life review interviews and ego-documents (Newman & Langner 1981, Danner et al 2001.…”