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A valid procedure for obtaining self-report of affect in marital interaction.

Gottman, John M., Levenson, Robert W.·1985·Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Abstract

Thirty married couples interacted in a low-conflict situation and a high-conflict situation during which continuous physiological measures were obtained. Each spouse returned separately for a second session in which they watched the videotape of the interaction and provided a continuous self-report rating of their own affect while the same physiological measures were again obtained. Observers coded the spouses' affect during each speech unit. The self-reports of affect (a) discriminated the high-conflict interaction from the low-conflict interaction, (b) correlated significantly with marital satisfaction, (c) were coherent between husband and wife, and (d) were significantly related to the observers' coding of the couples' affect. Physiological data obtained during the interaction session were significantly related (using time-series analyses) to physiological data obtained during the recall session. In all comprehensive discussions of emotion the subject's own experience of affect has been considered an important channel of information (see Strongman, 1978). This channel has always been troublesome from an empirical standpoint in terms of meeting psychometric criteria of reliability and validity. One important application of a valid selfreport procedure would be in the study of emotion during social interaction. Ekman, Friesen, and Ellsworth (1972) noted that the study of emotion in the context of social interaction can make a number of unique contributions. One of these contributions is the study of interaction as it unfolds in time, which permits the analysis of the sequential nature of the interaction using time-series analysis. Thus, a method for procuring the self-report of affect that could provide a continuous record over an interaction session would be extremely useful in the study of emotion in social interaction.

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  • Validity data for the affect rating dial procedure can be found in Gottman and Levenson (1985) and Fredrickson & Kahneman (1993).

    “Validity data for this affect rating dial procedure can be found in Gottman and Levenson (1985;see Fredrickson & Kahneman, 1993, for a similar on-line affect rating procedure).”

    From The Undoing Effect of Positive Emotions (2000) · cites this paper as Gottman and Levenson (1985)

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Authors
Gottman, J. M., & Levenson, R. W.
Affiliations
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
Venue
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Published
1985
Volume
53
Issue
2
Pages
151-160
ISSN
  • 0022-006X (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-2117
OpenAlex
W2137163739
Cited by
281
References
15
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.46
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Public Health Service (K200257)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH29910, MH 39895)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Emotion and Mood Recognition
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
Keywords
marital interaction, marital conflict, marital satisfaction, physiological measures, self-report validity
MeSH terms
Adult, Affect, Female, Humans, Male, Marriage, Mental Recall, Self Disclosure, Sympathetic Nervous System, Videotape Recording

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