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RELATE: Relationship Evaluation of the Individual, Family, Cultural, and Couple Contexts *
Author(s) -
Busby Dean M.,
Holman Thomas B.,
Taniguchi Narumi
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
family relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1741-3729
pISSN - 0197-6664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2001.00308.x
Subject(s) - psychology , social psychology , conceptual model , reliability (semiconductor) , applied psychology , developmental psychology , computer science , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , database
The purpose of this article is to present the conceptual model underlying RELATE, a relationship evaluation instrument, and to describe how this instrument can be used by instructors, clinicians, and therapists. The RELATE model contains measures of the 4 primary contexts of a couple's experience: the individual, the family, the culture, and the couple. The model includes some of the primary variables in Gottman's marital cascade and has been evaluated for reliability and validity. Examples of how to use the instrument and model are illustrated for couples, educators, and clinicians.