TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Violent Couples: Coping and Communication Skills
JO  - Journal of family violence
A1  - Ronan, George F.
A1  - Dreer, Laura E.
A1  - Dollard, Katherine M.
A1  - Ronan, Donna W.
SP  - 131
EP  - 137
VL  - 19
IS  - 2
N2  - 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 />
LA  - en
SN  - 0885-7482
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:JOFV.0000019843.26331.cf
ID  - ref1
ER  -