The Effects Of Couple Communication Training On Traditional Sex Stereotypes Of Husbands And Wives

This study was conducted to determine the effect of Couple Communication training upon the self and spouse perceptions of husbands and wives in regard to male and female sex stereotypes. The Ss consisted of three groups of twenty couples each. One group went through Couples Communication training, another group participated in Marital Growth Groups, and the third was a Non-Group control . . . The results were analyzed using a 3 x 2 analysis of variance. There was a difference between the three group means of self-perception at the .05 level of significance. Further examination indicated that the greatest degree of change in the direction of a less stereotypic rating was on self perception among females in the Couple Communication Group.