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Exhibit 22: Examples of Relationship-Related Activities
- Household responsibilities:
- Yard work
- Cleaning the house, such as sweeping, dusting, and cleaning the bathroom
- Grocery shopping
- Cooking the meals
- Washing the dishes
- Doing the laundry
- Caring for the car
- Rearing of children:
- Preparing meals
- Bathing the children
- Disciplining the children
- Watching the children
- Playing with the children
- Helping them when needed
- Social activities:
- Going together -
- to the movies
- out to dirmer
- to parties, to night clubs, for walks
- Participating in or watching sporting activities together
- Money:
- Having an allowance
- Buying or receiving presents
- Budgeting money
- Saving too little or too much
- Buying clothes and other necessities
- Communication:
- Planned discussion periods
- Frequent discussion periods
- Frequent arguments
- The use of tactful statements
- Misinterpretation of things said
- Solving problems through discussion
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- Sex/affection:
- Frequency
- Location
- Type
- Show of public affection
- Extramarital relationships
- Jealousy
- Academic or occupational progress:
- Spends too much or too little time on it
- Meets status expectations
- Too much procrastination
- Constant complaining about the job
- Poor job location
- Personal independence:
- Night out alone
- Day off alone
- Lets me drive the car by myself
- Let me learn to drive
- Feel free to ask partner's advice
- Have money easily available without having to ask the partner
- Make household decisions without asking the partner
- Able to go to social events without the partner
- Partner independence:
- Partner relies on you for making household decisions
- Partner goes out without you, e.g., to movies, sporting events, billiards
- Partner will not go out without you
- Partner makes most of the decisions without consulting you
- Partner is possessive
- Partner is not possessive enough
- Partner lacks friends
- Partner has no personal interests, e.g., hobbies, friends
- Partner does not know how to drive a car
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Source: Adapted from Azrin et al. 1973, p. 371.
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