Interpersonal communication skills differentiating more satisfying from less satisfying marital relationships.

Conflict Resolution Styles in Gay, Lesbian, Heterosexual Nonparent, and Heterosexual Parent Couples

“…The Ineffective Arguing Inventory (IAI) is a self-report measure that assesses the extent to which couple members perceive that they and their partners engage in a pattern of arguing that has been linked to adverse couple functioning (e.g., Gottman & Krokoff, 1989;Markman, 1987;Snyder, 1981). The Conflict Resolution Style Inventory (CRSI) uses selfreports and partner reports to assess the frequency with which couple members use each of four types of conflict resolution strategies (positive problem solving, conflict engagement, withdrawal, and compliance) identified by previous work as being linked to relationship outcomes (e.g., Bowman, 1990;Boyd & Roach, 1977;Christensen & Heavey, 1990;Gottman & Krokoff, 1989;Markman et al, 1993).…”

“…Inventory (CRSI) is based on the conceptual position that relationship maintenance and relationship stability are affected by each partner's individual style of resolving interpersonal conflict (Bowman, 1990;Boyd & Roach, 1977;Gottman, 1994;Heavey et al, 1993). Four styles were included in the inventory, including positive problem solving (e.g., compromise and negotiation), conflict engagement (e.g., personal attacks and losing control), withdrawal (e.g., refusing to discuss the issue further and tuning the other partner out), and compliance (e.g., giving in and not defending one's position).…”

“…Some measures of couple conflict are available, including self-report measures of couple conflict resolution patterns (e.g., the Problem-Solving Communication scale of the Marital Satisfaction Inventory; Snyder, 1981), self-report measures of individual conflict resolution styles (e.g., the Marital Coping Inventory, Bowman, 1990), and selfreport and partner-report measures of each partner's conflict resolution styles (e.g., the Interpersonal Communication Skills Inventory; Boyd & Roach, 1977) as well as sequences of partners' conflict resolution styles (e.g., the Communication Patterns Questionnaire; Christensen, 1988). However, no measure of couple conflict resolution could be found that was brief, was based on a coherent conceptual framework, and had comprehensively documented psychometric properties.…”

Affective Self-Disclosure and Marital Adjustment: A Test of Equity Theory

“…Given that self-disclosure is an integral part of communication, and that Jourard and Lasakow (1958) designated that the most consistent intimate disclosure occurs in the marital relationship, it appears somewhat perplexing that the relation between self-disclosure and marital adjustment remains relatively unexplored. While many studies have shown communication to be positively related to marital adjustment (e.g., Bienvenu, 1970;Boyd and Roach, 1977;Navran, 1967;Petersen, 1969;and Ruesch, 1963), only a few studies could be located that attempted to determine the relation between self-disclosure and marital adjustment. Levinger and Senn (1967) examined the verbal disclosure of feelings in a sample of 32 couples, 15 of whom were in family counseling and 17 of whom were students in social work.…”

Santé psychologique, qualité et interactions maritales des personnes souffrant de fibromyalgie :

“…La perception de la communication dans le couple a été mesurée à l'aide de la version française du Interpersonal Communication Skills Inventory (Boyd & Roach, 1977 De plus 3 autres participants avaient 40% et plus de données manquantes à cette même section du questionnaire. Comme ces données manquantes ne semblaient pas être dues au hasard, ces 5 participants auraient dû être exclus des analyses (Howell, 1998) …”