Revised scoring and improved reliability for the Communication Patterns Questionnaire.

ABSTRACT: The Communication Patterns Questionnaire (CPQ; Christensen, 1987) is a widely used self-report measure of couple communication behavior and is well validated for assessing the demand/withdraw interaction pattern, which is a robust predictor of poor relationship and individual outcomes (Schrodt, Witt, & Shimkowski, 2014). However, no studies have examined the CPQ's factor structure using analytic techniques sufficient by modern standards, nor have any studies replicated the factor structure using additional samples. Further, the current scoring system uses fewer than half of the total items for its 4 subscales, despite the existence of unused items that have content conceptually consistent with those subscales. These characteristics of the CPQ have likely contributed to findings that subsca

SUBMITTER: Crenshaw AO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5346477 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature