Greater emotional arousal predicts poorer long-term memory of communication skills in couples

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 442-447

  Baucom, Brian R ^a   Weusthoff, Sarah ^b   Atkins, David C ^c   Hahlweg, Kurt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication skills; Emotional arousal; Long term outcome; Prediction; Relationship education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL STRESS MANAGEMENT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; EMOTIONALITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; GERMAN; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AROUSAL; COMMUNICATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84860548000     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2012.03.010     Document Type: Article

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