Type of Document	Master's Thesis
Author	Gustin, Quintin L.
URN	etd-07282010-020229
Title	Referent communication skills in marriage :spouses as speakers and listeners.
Degree	Master of Science
Department	Psychology
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Noblin, Charles D. Committee Chair Fritzen, James D. Committee Member Sgro, Joseph A. Committee Member
Keywords	Communication
Date of Defense	1977-05-06
Availability	restricted
Abstract Seventy-two volunteer married couples were categorized as either adjusted or non-adjusted on the basis of scores on the Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Scale and then participated in a communication task developed by Rosenberg and Cohen (1964). In order to examine differences in communication accuracy between adjusted and non-adjusted married couples, 12 husbands and 12 wives from both adjustment groups attempted to communicate with their spouses and with other married persons. Each subject (S) served as either a speaker or a listener but not as both. A bipolar adjective checklist was administered to each ~ under eight different response sets (self, ideal self, spouse, ideal spouse, and the prediction of how ~'s spouse responded to those sets) in the manner developed by Murstein and Beck (1972).
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