TY - JOUR
T1 - A General Systems Theory of Marriage
T2 - Nonlinear Difference Equation Modeling of Marital Interaction
AU - Gottman, John
AU - Swanson, Catherine
AU - Swanson, Kristin
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - This article describes a new mathematical approach for modeling the prediction of divorce or marital stability from marital interaction using nonlinear difference equations. The approach is quite general for modeling social interaction, and can be applied to any time series data generated over time for two individuals. We pursued a balance model in selecting the dependent variables of this modeling. Both the mathematical methods and the theoretical gains obtained when using this approach are reviewed.
AB - This article describes a new mathematical approach for modeling the prediction of divorce or marital stability from marital interaction using nonlinear difference equations. The approach is quite general for modeling social interaction, and can be applied to any time series data generated over time for two individuals. We pursued a balance model in selecting the dependent variables of this modeling. Both the mathematical methods and the theoretical gains obtained when using this approach are reviewed.
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U2 - 10.1207/S15327957PSPR0604_07
DO - 10.1207/S15327957PSPR0604_07
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0036439757
SN - 1088-8683
VL - 6
SP - 326
EP - 340
JO - Personality and Social Psychology Review
JF - Personality and Social Psychology Review
IS - 4
ER -