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The Science of Love
OUR LABORATORY’S METHODS
SPLIT SCREEN SETUP
PHYSIOLOGICAL MONTAGE
PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING
VIDEO RECALL AFFECT RATING DIAL
RATING DIAL CLOSE UP
CONTROL ROOM
COMPUTER-ASSISTED CODING
PREDICTING IF A COUPLE WILL DIVORCE
PREVIOUS STUDIES
• SIX PREVIOUS STUDIES, ALL USE QUESTIONNAIRES
• CLOSE TO CHANCE LEVELS OF PREDICTION (MAX CORR = .25).
• NOT MUCH USE THEORETICALLY• BENTLER & NEWCOMB: CLOTHES
CONSCIOUSNESS PREDICT DIVORCE. GUESS HOW.
OUR FIRST STUDY
STARTED IN 1979 WITH BOB LEVENSON
DOW JONES GRAPH OF A MARITAL CONVERSATION
CUMULATIVE POS-NEG STABLE
DIVORCING
REPLICATION OF THE PREDICTION
• PREDICTING DIVORCE IN SEVEN SEPARATE LONGITUDINAL STUDIES ACROSS THE LIFE COURSE
• ALSO CAN PREDICT RELATIONSHIP SATISFACTION
• CAN PREDICT ADAPTATIONTO MAJOR LIFE TRANSITIONS: TO PARENTHOOD, MIDLIFE, AND RETIREMENT
Five Couple Types
STABLE COUPLES MATCHED INFLUENCE FUNCTIONS
Validators Volatile Avoiders
5 to 1 positive to negative ratio
UNSTABLE COUPLES MISMATCHED INFLUENCE FUNCTIONS
Hostile (Validator/Avoider)
Hostile-Detached (Validator/Volatile)
0.8 to 1 positive to negative ratio
“PREDICTING” WHEN A COUPLE WILL DIVORCE
14-YEAR LONGITUDINAL DATA NOW AVAILABLE. VARIABLE IS YEARS TO DIVORCING. THIS IS POST-DICTION
NOT PRE-DICTION
BIMODAL DISTRIBUTION OF TIME UNTIL DIVORCE
IMPORTANT RESULT IS THAT:DIFFERENT TIME-1 PROCESSES PREDICT EARLY VS.
LATER DIVORCING
• ESCALATING NEGATIVEAFFECT: ATTACK-DEFEND CYCLE PREDICTS EARLY DIVORCING 5.6 YEARS AFTER WEDDING
• LACK OF POSITIVE AFFECT AND LACK OF NEGATIVE AFFECT: EMOTIONAL DISENGAGEMENT PREDICTS LATER DIVORCING 16.2 YEARS AFTER WEDDING
THREE MARITAL OUTCOMES
CUMULATIVE POS-NEG HAPPY STABLE
LATER DIVORCING
EARLY DIVORCING
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