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Relationship beliefs, interpersonal perception, and marital adjustment
Author(s) -
Möller Andé T.,
Van Zyl P. Deon
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(199101)47:1<28::aid-jclp2270470105>3.0.co;2-k
Subject(s) - psychology , interpersonal perception , personality , perception , similarity (geometry) , interpersonal relationship , interpersonal communication , test (biology) , scale (ratio) , social psychology , marital relationship , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , social perception , paleontology , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , artificial intelligence , computer science , image (mathematics) , biology
To test the hypothesis that relationship beliefs are related to marital adjustment, 46 married couples completed the Relationship Belief Inventory (RBI) and the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS). Significant correlations were found between the DAS scores and the D and S subscales of the RBI. It was shown that the low dyadic adjustment group made significantly more extreme evaluations compared to the high adjustment group. It also was found that individuals' perceptions of their spouses' relationship beliefs did not display the same trends observed with traditional personality questionnaires, in which marital adjustment was related to female accuracy and greater real similarity between spouses.