Book Reviews : David R. Heise (Ed.): Sociological Methodology 1977, Jossey-Bass Pub lishers, San Francisco 1977

The incremental effects of a cognitive map (CM) and a symbolic code (SC) treatment were evaluated (separately and in combination) relative to a standard modeling treatment (SMT) that generated equivalent demand characteristics. SMT in turn was compared to a no-treatment control condition (NT). In simulated job interviews conducted 3 weeks after treatment," significant gains were attributable to CM on four of six social skills criteria. The SC and combination (CM + SC) treatments produced significant improvement on all dependent variables. Evidence favoring SMT over NT was weak. Cost-benefit implications for the theoretically derived CM and SC treatments are noteworthy. Bandura's (1971) seminal work in observational learning has guided the development of social skills training programs in such diverse areas as assertiveness (e.g.,

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Can couples assessment and feedback improve relationships? Assessment as a brief relationship enrichment procedure.

Worthington

McCullough

Shortz

et al. 1995

Journal of Counseling Psychology

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Many counseling psychologists provide marital assistance to couples who have relationship problems and those who seek to enrich their relationships. The authors investigated the effects of individualized relationship assessment and feedback in relation to merely completing written questionnaires about the relationships on couples' satisfaction and commitment. Student couples (N = 48; 26 married, 15 cohabiting, 7 engaged) participated either in (a) 3 sessions of assessment feedback (n = 28) or (b) written assessment only (n = 20). Assessment-feedback couples improved more over time than did written-assessment-only couples. The authors concluded that assessment and feedback produce small positive changes in already well-functioning relationships. Those changes may account for a substantial proportion of the changes produced by relationship enrichment programs.

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Book Reviews : David R. Heise (Ed.): Sociological Methodology 1977, Jossey-Bass Pub lishers, San Francisco 1977

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Path analysis for mixed qualitative and quantitative variables

Path analysis for mixed qualitative and quantitative variables

Separate and combined effects of a cognitive map and a symbolic code in the learning of a modeled social skill (job interviewing).

Can couples assessment and feedback improve relationships? Assessment as a brief relationship enrichment procedure.

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