Comunicação conjugal negativa e aberta: modelo interdependente de efeito ator/parceiro no ajustamento conjugal

Crístofer  Batista da Costa; Clarisse  Pereira Mosmann

doi:10.22235/cp.v14i2.2283

Authors

Crístofer Batista da Costa Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia Clínica, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos- UNISINOS- https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8914-3144
Clarisse Pereira Mosmann Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia Clínica, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos- UNISINOS- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9275-1105

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22235/cp.v14i2.2283

Keywords:

communication, marital relationship, marital adjustment

Abstract

Communication is essential for assessment and intervention in marital psychotherapy. For that matter, it was investigated whether negative and open marital communication impact the marital adjustment of heterosexual couples. This is a quantitative, cross-sectional, correlational, and explanatory study. A total of 231 couples residing in the Southern region of Brazil were assessed. Participants answered the Communication Questionnaire and the Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (R-DAS). The data were analyzed on a dyadic basis using the Actor Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) and indicated that negative communication causes a greater impact than open communication in the marital adjustment of husbands and wives, since it caused actor and partner effects. Open communication caused only the actor effect for husbands and wives. The results were discussed in the light of the scientific literature considering the possible implications for the clinical area and for the research.

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