Handbook Of Measurements For Marriage And Family Therapy

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Marital Communication and Intimacy Scales

INTRODUCTION

Failures in communication are almost universal in unhappy marriages. To some extent, marriage and family therapy has grown because it is a communications and intimacy enhancement process. Bienvenu’s Marital Communication Inventory (see Measure #10) is a very reliable instrument that measures regard, empathy, discussion, relationship hostility, and self-disclosure in one global score. It is commercially distributed by Family Life. Despite its reliability, critics see it more as a tool for intervention ...