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Assessment of Couples

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The field of couple assessment, like so many other areas of clinical assessment, is in the midst of substantial theoretical and practical self-analysis and revision. Different theoretical orientations in this field have co-existed mostly in isolation from one another, and advocates of each orientation have maintained their own more-or-less standard approach to assessment. These standard approaches generally have involved following a rather detailed recipe of procedures. Thus, each theoretical approach to couple assessment has been quite specific in terms of goals and methods, albeit of a different flavor.

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

    Alan E. Fruzzetti (Doctoral Candidate) & Neil S. Jacobson (Professor)

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    James C. Rosen (Professor and Director of the Clinical Psychology Program) (Professor and Director of the Clinical Psychology Program)

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    Paul McReynolds (Emeritus Professor of Psychology) (Emeritus Professor of Psychology)

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Fruzzetti, A.E., Jacobson, N.S. (1992). Assessment of Couples. In: Rosen, J.C., McReynolds, P. (eds) Advances in Psychological Assessment. Advances in Psychological Assessment, vol 8. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9101-3_7

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