Relationship Assessment Test

Front 1

testing

Back 1

application of measurement
-a specific measurement

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assessment

Back 2

use of clinical skills to interpret test results
-gather data and draw conclusions

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purposes of assessments

Back 3

diagnosis- etiology- prognosis- differential treatment- degree of impairment

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types of assessments

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interview- observational methods- self-report- standardized (objective=true/false or agree/disagree)
(projective)

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healthy families

Back 5

maintenance of clear and effective communication
mutually beneficial interactional patterns
clear boundaries (generational and subsystems)
expectations that change will be okay (flexible and adaptable

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Galton (cousin of Darwin

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Hereditary Genius
responsible for the mean and standard deviation
eugenics (birth of more eminent people)

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Cattell (student of Galton)

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psychologist coined the term "mental tests"
started Psychological Corporation"

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Binet (French)

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Binet-Simon Test evaluated judgement, comprehension and reasoning

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Anxious clinging

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anxiously trying to get partner to respond (usually pushes them away)
has a positive view of partner and negative view of self

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caretaking

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indirect way to get partner to consider needs
partner is insecure and unwilling to be vulnerable
can develop into a co-dependency

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critical protest

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more destructive ways to coerce partner by using shame, guilt, or envy
my uses criticism- means partner is feeling an esteem threat
how partner responses determines how the pattern will continue

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Shame responses to critical protest

Hostile Disconnected

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i the response is avoidance- one partner is hostile and the other thinks the hostility is independent of them and will view partner as unsatisfied

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Shame responses to critical protest

paralyzed resentment

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if the response is self attacking- one partner walks on eggshells and eventually resents giving up own needs
usually results in angry outbursts and regrets/remorse

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Shame responses to critical protest

distancer- pursuer

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if critical protest gets a withdrawing response then a pattern of pursue and pull back develops

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Shame responses to critical protest

blaming

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this response is met with counter-blaming
anything can become a conflict
difficult to treat because of lack of trust and ability to be vulnerable

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Despair response:

Passivity

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doing nothing and hoping things will improve

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Despair response:
Superficiality

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conflict avoidant= wont protest or detach
polite to each other
don't expose true feelings
couple lives in a state of perpetual dissatisfaction

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Symptomatic Spouse –

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Partner who lives in a chronic state of despair seems more vulnerable to developing individual symptoms, especially depression
In many relationships, the other partner becomes the caretaker: the relationship revolves around the partner’s symptoms
The helpful spouse gets an esteem boost
In cases in which partner doesn’t become caretaker, there is a gradual drifting apart in the relationship