References
- Albrecht , T. L. , Adelman , M. B. and Associates . 1987 . Communicating social support , Newbury Park, CA : Sage .
- Barbarin , O. A. and Gilbert , R. 1979 . Family Process Scales , Ann Arbor, MI : Family Development Project .
- Barbarin , O. A. and Tirado , M. 1985 . Enmeshment, family processes, and successful treatment of obesity . Family Relations , 34 : 115 – 121 .
- Barnes , H. L. and Olson , D. H. 1985 . “ Parent‐adolescent communication ” . In Family inventories: Inventories used in a national survey of families across the family life cycle , rev. ed. , Edited by: Olson , D. H. , McCubbin , H. I. , Barnes , H. L. , Larsen , A. S. , Muxen , M. J. and Wilson , M. A. 51 – 66 . St. Paul, MN : Family Social Science, University of Minnesota at St. Paul .
- Beavers , W. R. , Hampson , R. B. and Hulgus , Y. F. 1985 . Commentary: The Beavers Systems approach to family assessment . Family Process , 24 : 398 – 405 .
- Bern , S. L. 1974 . The measurement of psychological androgyny . Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology , 42 : 155 – 162 .
- Bienvenu , M. J. 1975 . A measurement of premarital communication . Family Coordinator , 24 : 65 – 68 .
- Bochner , A. P. 1981 . “ On the efficacy of openness in close relationships ” . In Communication yearbook , Edited by: Burgoon , M. Vol. 5 , 109 – 124 . New Brunswick, NJ : Transaction Books .
- Bok , S. 1978 . Lying: Moral choke in public and private life , New York : Pantheon .
- Bowlby , J. 1969 . Attachment and loss: Vol. 1. Attachment , Vol. 1 , New York : Basic Books .
- Bowlby , J. 1973 . Attachment and loss: Vol. 2. Separation , Vol. 2 , New York : Basic Books .
- Bowlby , J. 1980 . Attachment and loss: Vol. 3. Loss , Vol. 3 , New York : Basic Books .
- Bray , J. H. , Williamson , D. S. and Malone , P. E. 1984 . Personal authority in the family system: Development of a questionnaire to measure personal authority in intergenerational family processes . Journal of Marital and Family Therapy , 10 : 167 – 178 .
- Bulmer , M. 1979 . Concepts in the analysis of qualitative data . Sociological Review , 27 : 651 – 677 .
- Burgess , E. W. 1926 . The family as a unit of interacting personalities . Family , 7 : 3 – 9 .
- Burgoon , J. K. 1982 . “ Privacy and communication ” . In Communication yearbook , Edited by: Burgoon , M. Vol. 6 , 206 – 249 . Beverly Hills, CA : Sage .
- Chaffee , S. H. , McLeod , H. M. and Wackman , D. B. . Family communication and political socialization . Paper presented at the meeting of the Association of Education in Journalism . Iowa City, IA.
- Cottle , T. J. 1980 . Children's secrets , Reading, MA : Addison‐Wesley .
- Cowen , E. L. , Huser , J. , Beach , D. R. and Rappaport , J. 1970 . Parental perceptions of young children and their relation to indexes of adjustment . Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology , 34 : 97 – 103 .
- Derlega , V. J. and Chaikin , A. L. 1977 . Privacy and self‐disclosure in social relationships . Journal of Social Issues , 33 : 102 – 115 .
- Duck , S. W. and Silver , R. Personal relationships and social support , London : Sage . (in press)
- Duck , S. W. , Rutt , D. J. , Hurst , M. H. and Strejc , H. in press . Some evident truths about conversation in everyday relationships: All communications are not created equal . Human Communication Research ,
- Dunn , J. and Kendrick , C. 1982a . “ Siblings and their mothers: Developing relationships within the family ” . In Sibling relationships: Their nature and significance across the lifespan , Edited by: Lamb , M. E. and Sutton‐Smith , B. 39 – 60 . Hillsdale, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum .
- Dunn , J. and Kendrick , C. 1982b . Siblings: Love, envy, and understanding , Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press .
- Ericson , P. M. and Rogers , L. E. 1973 . New procedures for analyzing relational communication . Family Process , 12 : 245 – 267 .
- Feetham , S. L. and Humenick , S. S. 1982 . “ Feetham Family Functioning Survey ” . In Analysis of current assessment strategies in the health care of young children and childbearing families , Edited by: Humenick , S. 259 – 268 . Norwalk, CT : Appleton‐Century‐Crofts .
- Fincham , F. D. and Bradbury , T. 1987 . The assessment of marital quality: A reevaluation . Journal of Marriage and the Family , 49 : 797 – 809 .
- Fitzpatrick , M. A. 1976 . A typological approach to communication in relationships , Temple University . Unpublished doctoral dissertation
- Fitzpatrick , M. A. 1983 . “ Predicting couples’ communication from couples’ self‐reports ” . In Communication yearbook , Edited by: Bostrom , R. Vol. 7 , 49 – 82 . Beverly Hills, CA : Sage .
- Fitzpatrick , M. A. 1984 . “ A typological approach to marital interaction: Recent theory and research ” . In Advances in experimental social psychology , Edited by: Berkowitz , L. Vol. 18 , 2 – 47 . New York : Academic Press .
- Furman , W. and Buhrmester , D. 1985 . Children's perceptions of the quality of sibling relationships . Child Development , 56 : 448 – 461 .
- Goffman , E. 1959 . The presentation of self in everyday life , New York : Doubleday .
- Gottlieb , B. H. 1983 . Social support strategies: Guidelines for mental health practice , London : Sage .
- Gottman , J. M. 1979 . Marital interaction: Experimental investigations , New York : Academic Press .
- Gottman , J. M. and Levenson , R. W. 1985 . A valid procedure for obtaining self‐report of affect in marital interaction . Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology , 53 : 151 – 160 .
- Grotevant , H. D. and Carlson , C. I. 1989 . Family assessment: A guide to methods and measures , New York : Guilford Press .
- Grotevant , H. D. and Cooper , C. R. 1985 . Patterns of interaction in family relationships and the development of identity exploration . Child Development , 56 : 415 – 428 .
- Hazan , C. and Shaver , P. 1987 . Romantic love conceptualized as an attachment process . Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 52 : 511 – 524 .
- Hazzard , A. , Christensen , A. and Margolin , G. 1983 . Children's perceptions of parental behaviors . Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology , 11 : 49 – 59 .
- Holmes , T. H. and Rahe , R. H. 1967 . The social readjustment rating scale . Psychosomatic Medicine , 11 : 213 – 218 .
- Hops , H. , Wills , T. A. , Weiss , R. L. and Patterson , G. R. 1972 . Marital Interaction Coding System , Eugene : University of Oregon Press .
- Hudson , W. W. 1982 . The clinical measurement package , Homewood, IL : Dorsey Press .
- Huston, T. L. (in preparation). When the honeymoon's over: Strain and adaptation in marriage.
- Huston , T. L. , McHale , S. M. and Crouter , A. C. 1986 . “ When the honeymoon's over: Changes in the marriage relationship over the first year ” . In The emerging field of personal relationships , Edited by: Gilmour , R. and Duck , S. 109 – 132 . Hillsdale, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum .
- Huston , T. L. and Robins , E. 1982 . Conceptual and methodological issues in studying close relationships . Journal of Marriage and the Family , 44 : 901 – 925 .
- Infante , D. A. and Rancer , A. S. 1982 . A conceptualization and measure of argumentativeness . Journal of Personality Assessment , 46 : 72 – 80 .
- Jacob , T. and Tennenbaum , D. L. 1988 . Family assessment: Rationale, methods, and future directions , New York : Plenum .
- Jensen , E. W. , James , S. A. , Boyce , W. T. and Hartnett , B. A. 1983 . The Family Routines Inventory: Development and validation . Social Science and Medicine , 17 : 201 – 211 .
- Kobasa , S. C. 1979 . Stressful life events, personality, and health: An inquiry into hardiness . Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 37 : 1 – 11 .
- Locke , H. J. and Wallace , K. M. 1959 . Short marital‐adjustment and prediction tests: Their reliability and validity . Marriage and Family Living , 21 : 251 – 255 .
- Margolies , P. J. and Weintraub , S. 1977 . The revised 56‐item CRPBI as a research instrument: Reliability and factor structure . Journal of Clinical Psychology , 33 : 472 – 476 .
- McCornack , S. A. and Parks , M. R. 1990 . What women know that men don't: Sex differences in determining the truth behind deceptive messages . Journal of Social and Personal Relationships , 7 : 107 – 118 .
- Metts , S. 1989 . An exploratory investigation of deception in close relationships . Journal of Social and Personal Relationships , 6 : 159 – 179 .
- Nadelman , L. and Begun , A. 1982 . “ The effect of the newborn on the older sibling: Mothers’ questionnaires ” . In Sibling relationships: Their nature and significance across the lifespan , Edited by: Lamb , M. E. and Sutton‐Smith , B. 13 – 37 . Hillsdale, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum .
- Navran , L. 1967 . Communication and adjustment in marriage . Family Process , 6 : 173 – 184 .
- Nisbett , R. and Ross , L. 1980 . Human inference: Strategies and shortcomings of social judgment , Engelwood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice‐Hall .
- Norton , R. L. 1983a . Communicator style: Theory, applications, and measures , Beverly Hills, CA : Sage .
- Norton , R. L. 1983b . Measuring marital quality: A critical look at the dependent variable . Journal of Marriage and the Family , 45 : 141 – 151 .
- Olson , D. H. 1977 . “ Insiders’ and outsiders’ view of relationships: Research strategies ” . In Close relationships , Edited by: Levinger , G. and Raush , H. 115 – 136 . Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press .
- Olson , D. H. 1981 . “ Family typologies: Bridging family research and family therapy ” . In Assessing marriages , Edited by: Filsinger , E. and Lewis , R. A. 74 – 89 . Beverly Hills, CA : Sage .
- Olson , D. H. , Fournier , D. G. and Druckman , J. M. 1985 . “ Enriching and nurturing relationships issues, communication and happiness ” . In Family inventories: Inventories used in a national survey of families across the family life cycle , rev. ed. , Edited by: Olson , D. H. , McCubbin , H. I. , Barnes , H. L. , Larsen , A. S. , Muxen , M. J. and Wilson , M. A. 67 – 77 . St. Paul, MN : Family Social Science, University of Minnesota at St. Paul .
- Olson , D. H. , McCubbin , H. I. , Barnes , H. L. , Larsen , A. S. , Muxen , M. J. and Wilson , M. A. , eds. 1985 . Family inventories: Inventories used in a national survey of families across the family life cycle, , (rev. ed.) , St. Paul, MN : Family Social Science, University of Minneosta at St. Paul .
- Olson , D. H. , McCubbin , H. I. , Barnes , H. L. , Larsen , A. S. , Muxen , M. J. and Wilson , M. A. 1983 . Families: What makes them work , Beverly Hills, CA : Sage .
- Olson , D. H. , Portner , J. and Lavee , Y. 1985 . FACES III manual , St. Paul, MN 55108 : D. H. Olson, Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, 290 McNeal Hall . Unpublished manual Available from
- Olson , D. H. , Sprenkle , D. H. and Russell , C. S. 1979 . Circumplex model of marital and family systems I: Cohesion and adaptability dimensions, family types, and clinical applications . Family Process , 18 : 3 – 28 .
- Parks , M. R. 1982 . “ Ideology in interpersonal communication: Off the couch and into the world ” . In Communication yearbook , Edited by: Burgoon , M. Vol. 5 , 79 – 107 . New Brunswick, NJ : Sage .
- Parks , M. R. and Adelman , M. B. 1983 . Communication networks and the development of romantic relationships: An expansion of uncertainty reduction theory . Human Communication Research , 10 : 55 – 79 .
- Parks , M. R. , Stan , C. M. and Eggert , L. L. 1983 . Romantic involvement and social network involvement . Social Psychology Quarterly , 46 : 116 – 131 .
- Petronio , S. . The dissemination of private information: The use of a boundary control system as an alternative perspective on the study of disclosure . Paper presented at the meeting of the Speech Communication Association . New Orleans, LA.
- Porter , B. and O'Leary , K. D. 1980 . Marital discord and childhood behavior problems . Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology , 80 : 287 – 295 .
- Praeger , K. J. 1989 . Intimacy status and couple communication . Journal of Social and Personal Relationships , 6 : 435 – 449 .
- Procidano , M. E. and Heller , K. 1983 . Measures of perceived social support from friends and family. Three validation studies . American Journal of Community Psychology , 11 (1) : 1 – 24 .
- Ritchie , L. D. . Family communication patterns and the flow of information in the family . Paper presented at the meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication . Portland, OR.
- Ritchie , L. D. and Fitzpatrick , M. A. 1990 . Family communication patterns: Measuring intrapersonal perceptions of interpersonal relationships . Communication Research , 17 : 523 – 544 .
- Roberts , C. S. and Feetham , S. L. 1982 . Assessing family functioning across three areas of relationships . Nursing Research , 31 : 231 – 235 .
- Robin , A. and Weiss , J. 1980 . Criterion‐related validity of behavioral and self‐report measures of problem solving communication skills in distressed and nondistressed parent‐adolscent dyads . Behavioral Assessment , 2 : 339 – 352 .
- Rogers , L. E. and Farace , R. V. 1975 . Analysis of relational communication in dyads: New measurement procedures . Human Communication Research , 1 : 222 – 239 .
- Sarason , B. R. , Shearin , E. N. , Pierce , G. R. and Sarason , I. G. 1987 . Interrelations of social support measures: Theoretical and practical aspects . Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 52 : 813 – 832 .
- Saunders , B. E. and Schuchts , R. A. 1987 . Assessing parent‐child relationships: A report of normative scores and revalidation of two clinical scales . Family Process , 26 : 373 – 381 .
- Schaefer , E. S. 1965 . Children's reports of parental behavior: An inventory . Child Development , 36 : 413 – 424 .
- Sillars , A. L. , Pike , G. R. , Jones , T. S. and Redmon , K. 1983 . “ Communication and conflict in marriage ” . In Communication yearbook , Edited by: Bostrom , R. Vol. 7 , 414 – 429 . Newbury Park, CA : Sage .
- Smilkstein , G. 1978 . The Family APGAR: A proposal for a family function test and its use by physicians . Journal of Family Practice , 6 : 1231 – 1239 .
- Spanier , G. B. 1976 . Measuring dyadic adjustment: New scales for assessing the quality of marriage and similar dyads . Journal of Marriage and the Family , 38 : 15 – 30 .
- Straus , M. A. 1979 . Measuring intrafamily conflict and violence: The Conflict Tactics (C.T.) Scales . Journal of Marriage and the Family , 41 : 75 – 88 .
- Surra , C. A. 1987 . Reasons for changes in commitment: Variations by courtship type . Journal of Social and Personal Relationships , 4 : 17 – 33 .
- Weiss , R. L. and Perry , B. A. 1979 . Assessment and treatment of marital dysfunction , Eugene : Oregon Marital Studies Program .