Journal
JOURNAL OF HOMOSEXUALITY
Volume 45, Issue 1, Pages 65-91Publisher
HAWORTH PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1300/J082v45n01_04
Keywords
relationships; interaction; stability; dissolution; emotions; humor; affection; criticism; contempt; prediction
Funding
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH [R01MH050841] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NIMH NIH HHS [R01 MH50841] Funding Source: Medline
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Two samples of committed gay and lesbian cohabiting couples and two samples of married couples (couples in which the woman presented the conflict issue to the man, and couples in which the man presented the conflict issue to the woman) engaged in three conversations: (1) an events of the day conversation (after being apart for at least 8 hours), (2) a conflict resolution conversation, and (3) a pleasant topic conversation. The observational data were coded with a system that categorized specific affects displayed. Data were weighted and two time-series created, one for the husband and one of the wife. The time series were modeled with nonlinear difference equations (Cook et al., 1995), and parameters were estimated that indexed uninfluenced steady state, influenced steady state, emotional inertia, repair effectiveness and threshold, and the power of positive and negative affect of one partner to affect the other partner.
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