| Institution: | Robert G. Ryder, Ph.D., is Chief, Section of Family Development, Child Research Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland. D. Wells Goodrich, M.D. is Chief, Child Research Branch of that institute. This study is part of a program assessing stability or change in marital interaction patterns during the early stages of family development. The program explores the relationship between styles of marital communication and modes of responding to a variety of developmental situations including courtship, the first pregnancy and the management of the firstborn infant. |
