The Relationship Quality Interview: Evidence of Reliability, Convergent and Divergent Validity, and Incremental Utility

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-63

  Lawrence, Erika ^a   Barry, Robin A ^a   Brock, Rebecca L ^a   Bunde, Mali ^a   Langer, Amie ^a   Ro, Eunyoe ^a   Fazio, Emily ^a   Mulryan, Lorin ^a   Hunt, Sara ^a   Madsen, Lisa ^a   Dzankovic, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Couple assessment; Couple therapy; Interview; Relationship quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIONSHIP QUALITY INTERVIEW; RELIABILITY; SATISFACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952596425     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021096     Document Type: Article

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