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The clinician rating of adult communication (CRAC): A Clinician's guide to the assessment of interpersonal communication skill
Author(s) -
Basco Monica Ramirez,
Birchler Gary R.,
Kalal Beth,
Talbott Richard,
Slater Mark A.
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(199105)47:3<368::aid-jclp2270470308>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - psychology , concordance , inter rater reliability , interpersonal communication , clinical psychology , internal consistency , reliability (semiconductor) , psychometrics , rating scale , developmental psychology , applied psychology , social psychology , medicine , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
This paper reports the results of an initial investigation of the psychometric properties of a new clinical marital communication assessment instrument, the Clinician Rating of Adult Communication (CRAC). The sample consisted of 36 marital communication samples from both maritally satisfied and distressed couples. Reliability results indicated that the CRAC demonstrated high levels of internal consistency, test‐retest reliability, and interrater agreement. Support for the validity of the CRAC was found in its correspondence with a marital interaction coding system, its relationship to ratings of marital satisfaction, and its concordance with couples' perceptions of their conflict management behavior. Overall, these findings support the conclusion that the CRAC may provide a useful addition to the measurement armamentarium of the marital clinician and researcher.