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Marriage and Neurosis in a Modern Residential Suburb: An Application of the Ryle Marital Patterns Test

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Bernard Ineichen
Bernard Ineichen*
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, University of Bristol, 12 Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UQ
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Summary

The Ryle Marital Patterns Test measures the affection and domination aspects of marriage. Its original administration illustrated a partial association between poor marital adjustment (as measured by low affection scores and non-egalitarian domination scores) and neuroticism (as measured by CMI score). The present paper confirms these associations using a group of suburban women defined as neurotic by their GP. Related studies suggest similar patterns.

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Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 129 , Issue 3 , September 1976 , pp. 248 - 251
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1976 

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