The British Journal of Psychiatry 129: 248-251 (1976)
© 1976 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
Marriage and neurosis in a modern residential suburb: an application of the Ryle Marital Patterns Test
B Ineichen
The Ryle Marital Patterns Test measures the affection and domination
aspects of marriage. Its original administration illustrated a partial
association between poor marital adjustment (as measured by low affection
scores and non-egalitarian domination scores) and neuroticism (as measured
by CMI score). The present paper confirms these associations using a group
of suburban women defined as neurotic by their GP. Related studies suggest
similar patterns.