Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
J Fam Psychol. 2011 Oct;25(5):759-69. doi: 10.1037/a0025216.
Although observational studies of romantic relationships are common, many existing coding schemes require considerable amounts of time and resources to implement. The current study presents a new coding scheme, the Brief Romantic Relationship Interaction Coding Scheme (BRRICS), designed to assess various aspects of romantic relationship both quickly and efficiently. The BRRICS consists of four individual coding dimensions assessing positive and negative affect in each member of the dyad, as well as four codes assessing specific components of the dyadic interaction (i.e., positive reciprocity, demand-withdraw pattern, negative reciprocity, and overall satisfaction). Concurrent associations with measures of marital adjustment and conflict were evaluated in a sample of 118 married couples participating in the Michigan State University Twin Registry. Couples were asked to discuss common conflicts in their marriage while being videotaped. Undergraduate coders used the BRRICS to rate these interactions. The BRRICS scales were correlated in expected directions with self-reports of marital adjustment, as well as children's perception of the severity and frequency of marital conflict. Based on these results, the BRRICS may be an efficient tool for researchers with large samples of observational data who are interested in coding global aspects of the relationship but do not have the resources to use labor intensive schemes.
虽然关于浪漫关系的观察性研究很常见，但许多现有的编码方案需要大量的时间和资源来实施。本研究提出了一种新的编码方案，即简要浪漫关系互动编码方案（BRRICS），旨在快速有效地评估浪漫关系的各个方面。BRRICS 由四个单独的编码维度组成，评估对关系的影响，评估每个成员的积极和消极影响，以及评估对关系的影响（即积极互惠、需求-回避模式、消极互惠和整体满意度）。在密歇根州立大学双胞胎登记处参与的 118 对已婚夫妇的样本中，评估了与婚姻调整和冲突衡量标准的并发关联。要求夫妇在被录像时讨论婚姻中的常见冲突。本科编码员使用 BRRICS 对这些互动进行评分。BRRICS 量表与婚姻调整的自我报告以及孩子对婚姻冲突的严重程度和频率的感知呈预期方向相关。基于这些结果，BRRICS 可能是对具有大量观察性数据的研究人员的有效工具，他们对编码关系的全局方面感兴趣，但没有资源使用劳动密集型方案。
