Great Myths of Intimate Relationships: Dating, Sex, and Marriage
Other Materials that May Help with your Relationship
Here are some books that we recommend (note that we have no financial interest in any of the following):
- Reconcilable Differences by Andrew Christensen & Neil S. Jacobson
- Fighting for Your Marriage by Howard J. Markman, Scott M. Stanley, & Susan L. Blumberg
- Love Me Slender: How Smart Couples Team Up to Lose Weight, Exercise More, and Stay Healthy Together by Thomas N. Bradbury & Benjamin R. Karney
- Guide To Getting It On! A Book About the Wonders of Sex by Paul Joannides
- I Need Your Love - Is That True? How to Stop Seeking Love, Approval, and Appreciation and Start Finding Them Instead by Byron Katie
- Getting Past the Affair: A Program to Help You Cope, Heal, and Move On -- Together or Apart by Douglas K. Snyder, Donald H. Baucom, & Kristina Coop Gordon
Materials Translated by Our Lab
The following is a partial list of some of the assessment instruments that we translated
into Spanish. Our translations link to a pdf file and the original articles are avaiolable
via the doi links.
Please let us know if you are using them and how your use of them has gone.
Couples Satisfaction Index - Spanish version (pdf, 38.4K)
Funk, J. L., & Rogge, R. D. (2007). Testing the ruler with item response theory: increasing
precision of measurement for relationship satisfaction with the Couples Satisfaction
Index. Journal of Family Psychology, 21(4), 572. https://doi.org/10.1037/0893-3200.21.4.572
Kessler's Perceived Social Support Scale - Spanish version (pdf, 66.7K)
Kessler, R. C., Kendler, K. S., Heath, A., Neale, M. C., & Eaves, L. J. (1992). Social
support, depressed mood, and adjustment to stress: a genetic epidemiologic investigation.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 62(2), 257-272. https://doi.org/10.1037//0022-3514.62.2.257
Marital Coping Inventory - Spanish version (pdf, 47.1K)
Bowman, M. L. (1990). Coping efforts and marital satisfaction: Measuring marital coping
and its correlates. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 52(2), 463-474. https://doi.org/10.2307/353040
Perceived Responses to Capitalization Attempts - Spanish version (pdf, 81.0K)
Gable, S. L., Reis, H. T., Impett, E. A., & Asher, E. R. (2004). What Do You Do When
Things Go Right? The Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Benefits of Sharing Positive
Events. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87(2), 228-245. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.87.2.228
Relationship Attribuitions Measure - Spanish version (pdf, 62.4K)
Fincham, F. D., & Bradbury, T. N. (1992). Assessing attributions in marriage: the
relationship attribution measure. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 62(3), 457-468. https://doi.org/10.1037//0022-3514.62.3.457
Materials Generated by Our Lab
The following is a partial list of some of the research and clinical materials that we have developed. Please let us know if you are using them and how your use of them has gone.
- Positive and Negative Semantic Differential: A Measure of Relationship Satisfaction
- The Behavioral Affect Rating System
Organizations
The staff of the Marriage Lab frequently draws upon the resources available through other organizations. The following is a partial list of the organizations from which we benefit.
