@article{ref1,
title="Violent Couples: Coping and Communication Skills",
journal="Journal of family violence",
year="2004",
author="Ronan, George F. and Dreer, Laura E. and Dollard, Katherine M. and Ronan, Donna W.",
volume="19",
number="2",
pages="131-137",
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.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0885-7482",
doi="10.1023/B:JOFV.0000019843.26331.cf",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:JOFV.0000019843.26331.cf"
}