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conflict without affecting his or her perception of how
important change in. his or her spouse is for marital
conflict resolution.
Although the primary objective of the present study
was to investigate the effects of videotape playback on
causal attribution in distressed couples, a secondary
objective was to determine videotape playback effects on
marital communication and adjustment. Videotape playback
apparently had no effect on communication as measured by
the MCI, a self-report inventory. One explanation with
numerous nuances involves the training procedures employed.
Specifically, training sessions may have been too long or
short, too widely or closely spaced, or simply too few in
number. Or perhaps the five faulty communication patterns
focused on were too narrow. A second explanation concerns
a possible sensitizing effect of the training. As a result
of having had communications training, couples at the post-
test may have been more able to assess critically their
communications skills. They may have actually become more
adept at communicating by the posttest but, due to their
new knowledge of communication, made a more accurate and
critical assessment. The question of whether communication
had improved or not could probably have been answered with
more certainty through the adoption of behavioral measures,
such as pre~post differences in the frequency of faulty
communication patterns. Finally, with regard to the finding
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Thompson, Ron Allan. Effects of Videotape Playback on Causal Attribution in Distressed Couples, dissertation, May 1980; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330670/m1/51/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .