Heins T J, Yelland J H
Br J Med Psychol. 1981 Mar;54(Pt 1):51-8. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1981.tb01469.x.
The case for a questionnaire for assessing marital interaction has been enhanced by recent research showing that patterns of marital interaction can indicate prognosis in schizophrenia, alcoholism, neurotic illnesses and depression. This paper reviews previous studies which have provided information on the validity of Ryle's Marital Patterns Test and presents additional data from Adelaide studies of psychiatric in-patients and family planning clinic patients. The affection scales, especially affection received, have shown good agreement with external criteria in four studies. Problems with face validity and internal consistency suggest that three items should be excluded from scoring in the current affection scales. Future development of this type of questionnaire might expand the affection dimension to include more items on hostility and criticism. The utility of the domination scale is less certain because of the relativity of the concept and unsatisfactory agreement with external criteria of domination.
近期研究表明婚姻互动模式可预示精神分裂症、酗酒、神经症性疾病及抑郁症的预后，这使得评估婚姻互动问卷的重要性得到了提升。本文回顾了以往关于赖尔婚姻模式测试效度的研究，并展示了阿德莱德针对精神科住院患者及计划生育门诊患者的研究所得的更多数据。在四项研究中，情感量表，尤其是所获情感量表，与外部标准显示出了良好的一致性。表面效度和内部一致性方面存在的问题表明，当前情感量表中有三个项目在计分时分应予以排除。这类问卷未来的发展可能会扩展情感维度，纳入更多关于敌意和批评的项目。由于主导概念的相对性以及与外部主导标准的一致性不尽人意，主导量表的效用尚不确定。
