Marriage Power Processes Scale

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Power Processes Scale

1. My partner tends to discount my opinion.


2. My partner does not listen to me.
3. When I want to talk about a problem I our relationship, my partner
often refuses to talk with me about it.
4. My partner tends to dominate our conversations.
5. When we do not agree on an issue, my partner tends to give me the cold
shoulder.
6. I do not feel free to express my opinion about issues in our relationship.
7. My partner makes decisions that affect our family without talking to me
first.
8. My partner and I do not talk about our problems until we both agree on
a solution.
9. I feel like my partner tries to control me.

Power Outcomes Scale
1. When it comes to money, my partners opinion usually wins out.
2. When it comes to children, my partners opinion usually wins out.
3. It often seems my partner can get away with things in our relationship
that I can never get away with.
4. I have no choice but to do what my partner wants.
5. My partner has more influence in our relationship than I do.
6. When disagreements arise in our relationship, my partners opinion
usually wins out.
Miller, R.B., Day, R., & Bogue, A. (2008, October). The development of a measure of couples
relationship power. Poster presented at the annual conference of the American Association for
Marriage and Family Therapy, Memphis, TN.
From the textbook, Successful Marriages and Families, Hawkins, Alan J., Dollahite, David C., &
Draper, Thomas W., 2012.

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