The areas of change questionnaire: A cross-cultural comparison of israeli and american distressed and nondistressed couples

Autor:	Sharon Talovic, Marilyn P. Safir, Gayla Margolin, Claire Rabin, Irit Sadeh
Rok vydání:	1986
Předmět:	Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Sample (statistics) Cross-cultural studies Clinical Psychology Distress Categorization Marital satisfaction Perception Normative Cross-cultural sense organs Psychology Clinical psychology media_common
Zdroj:	The American Journal of Family Therapy. 14:324-335
ISSN:	1521-0383 0192-6187
DOI:	10.1080/01926188608250655
Popis:	This study examines Israeli couples' presenting complaints about their relationship, their perceptions of one another's complaints and perceptual accuracy between actual and perceived complaints, using the Areas of Change Questionnaire (ACQ). Samples were obtained of both distressed and nondistressed couples. Each sample met stringent criteria for categorization as distressed and nondistressed. Normative data for both samples are examined and areas of similarities and differences are discussed. The instrument is found to discriminate distressed and nondistressed Israeli couples. Results are compared with a previous study of American distressed and nondistressed couples. The American finding that women desire more change in marriage is not replicated in the Israeli sample, nor the American finding that distress and stage in the life cycle are related. However, there is an indication in both samples that men, compared to women, perceive more requests for change. Men in both cultures also feel more ...
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