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Preworkshop orientation, expectation modification, and workshop outcomes in a marital communication workshop
Abstract
This study investigated the effectiveness of a preworkshop orientation designed to influence the expectations of married student couples for a Communication Skills Workshop. Eighteen couples registered to attend the workshop. Subjects were randomly assigned to treatment and control at that time. Treatment couples viewed a videotaped orientation to the Communication Skills Workshop. Control couples viewed a placebo videotape. All couples completed an expectations inventory prior to viewing the videotape, prior to session one, and following session four. All subjects completed the Marital Satisfaction Inventory and audiotaped Verbal Interaction Tasks prior to session one and following session four.^ The results suggested that subject expectations for the workshop were influenced by the orientation in conjunction with the workshop, leading to the conclusion that expectancies are being continually influenced throughout the counseling process.^ The orientation did not appear to directly impact outcome of the training since no interaction occurred between group and time. Significant positive changes in affective communication, both behavioral and perceived, of workshop couples did occur, supporting previous research in which the Relationship Enhancement Model (Guerney, 1977) was used. ^
Subject Area
Psychology, General
Recommended Citation
Bukacek, Susan Elizabeth, "Preworkshop orientation, expectation modification, and workshop outcomes in a marital communication workshop" (1987). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI8803991.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI8803991