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Assessing the Coherence of Parents' Short Narratives Regarding their Child Using the Five-Minute Speech Sample Procedure

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Convergence and divergence among multiple methods for assessing adolescent romantic relationships.

Renee V Galliher¹, Angela M Enno, Robert Wright

¹Department of Psychology, Utah State University, 2810 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, USA. Renee.Galliher@usu.edu

Journal of Adolescence

|January 22, 2008

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Adolescent couples

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Assessing the Coherence of Parents' Short Narratives Regarding their Child Using the Five-Minute Speech Sample Procedure

Assessing the Coherence of Parents' Short Narratives Regarding their Child Using the Five-Minute Speech Sample Procedure

Published on: September 19, 2019

Area of Science:

Psychology
Family Studies
Communication Studies

Background:

Adolescent romantic relationships are crucial developmental periods.
Understanding couple interaction dynamics is key to relationship quality.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze problem-solving conversations in adolescent couples.
To explore meaning-making processes and their link to relationship quality.

Main Methods:

Utilized the narrative coding system for interaction analysis.
Employed a video-recall procedure for subjective understanding.
Analyzed 92 adolescent romantic couples' problem-solving dialogues.

Main Results:

Observed moderate associations between coders', boyfriends', and girlfriends' perspectives.
Found stronger links between girlfriends' ratings and observer codes in some areas.
Linked interaction quality indices to global relationship quality reports.

Conclusions:

Couple interaction quality, as observed and perceived, relates to relationship satisfaction.
Narrative coherence and coordinated interaction are significant in adolescent relationships.
Subjective and objective views of interaction show moderate agreement.