QUALITATIVE STUDY OF COUPLES' COMMUNICATION AND BEHAVIOR

描述（改编自申请人的摘要）：响应NIMH PA-OO-071（附属行为和HIV/STD预防），本申请 要求支持对动态进行纵向描述性研究， 新成员之间的亲密沟通、谈判和行为的过程 合作伙伴（< 3个月的持续时间），因为他们发展了稳定，承诺的关系 随着时间合作伙伴将在基线时接受访谈，并再次接受三次访谈， 六个月后将采用定性方法收集关于以下内容的叙述： 参与者对其共享体验的主观感知（例如，第一 与他们的伴侣约会。将补充定性数据， 定量调查问题，以收集有关特定行为的信息 频率.最后，人们将被要求记录重要事件， 关系（例如，第一次见面），以获得明确的关于 夫妻关系中不同事件的先后顺序。的 我们研究的主要目的是更深入地了解：（1）亲密 合作伙伴之间的沟通，谈判和行为模式作为一个稳定的， 承诺的关系是随着时间的推移而发展的;（2）性别角色的方式 和规范，权力的差异影响亲密的沟通，谈判， （3）语言和非语言成分的决策内 夫妻;（4）沟通和谈判模式的方式 与行为有关。我们的研究也将有助于定性和 定量审查合作伙伴各自关于其共同 关系将传播研究结果， 促进夫妻关系健康的项目。

DESCRIPTION (adapted from the applicant's abstract): In response to NIMH PA-OO-071 (Affiliative Behaviors and HIV/STD Prevention), this application requests support to conduct a longitudinal, descriptive study of the dynamic process of intimate communication, negotiation, and behavior between new partners (< 3 months duration) as they develop a steady, committed relationship over time. Partners will be interviewed at baseline and again three- and six-months later. Qualitative methods will be used to collect narratives about participants' subjective perceptions of their shared experiences (e.g., first date) with their partner. The qualitative data will be supplemented with quantitative survey questions to collect information about specific behavioral frequencies. Finally, people will be asked to record important events in their relationship (e.g., first met) on a calendar in order to obtain clarity about the sequential order of different events in the couple's relationship. The primary goals of our study are to obtain greater insight into: (1) intimate communication, negotiation, and behavior patterns between partners as a steady, committed relationship is developed over time; (2) ways in which gender roles and norms, and differences in power affect intimate communication, negotiation, and behavior; (3) verbal and non-verbal components of decision-making within couples; and (4) ways in which communication and negotiation patterns are related to behavior. Our study also will facilitate qualitative and quantitative examination of partners' respective reports of their shared relationship. Study findings will be disseminated for use in the development of programs promoting relationship health in couples.