Self-report and observational assessment of couples' conflict: The concordance between the communication patterns questionnaire and the KPI observation system

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-67

  Hahlweg, Kurt ^b   Kaiser, Andrea ^d   Christensen, Andrew ^a   Fehm Wolfsdorf, Gabriele ^c   Groth, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d Universität Kiel ^*

Author keywords

Assessment of conflict; Communication pattern; Marital conflict; Marital distress; Verbal interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034134116     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2000.00061.x     Document Type: Article

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