Coercion, A Game for Two: Intervention Techniques for Marital Conflict.

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Coercion is a special form of dyadic interchange in which both persons provide aversive stimuli which control the behavior of the other. It is assumed that most marriages are characterized by such a process since it becomes necessary for each member of the dyad to alter the accumulating aversiveness of rather trivial behaviors in their spouse. Conflict occurs when one party does not comply with the other's implicit or explicit demands for immediate changes in his behavior. The report describes a technology developed to train marriage partners in the techniques of behavior negotiation, such that the rate and intensity of their conflicts were reduced. Videotapes of their interaction in specific problem-solving sessions during baseline and intervention were used both for training purposes and as one of the criterion measures. Home observation as well as daily self-report data provided two more dependent variables. (Author)

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