The mathematics of marriage
Subtitle: dynamic nonlinear models
By: John M. Gottman ... [et al.]
Contributors: Gottman, John Mordechai
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 403
Subjects: Marriage -- Mathematical models; Marriage -- Psychological aspects; Marital psychotherapy
Description: "The Mathematics of Marriage provides the foundation for a scientific theory of marital relations. The book does not rely on metaphors, but develops and applies a mathematical model using difference equations. The work is the fulfillment of the goal to build a mathematical framework for the general system theory of families first suggested by Ludwig von Bertalanffy in the 1960s.".

"Applying ideas such as phase space, null clines, influence functions, inertia, and uninfluenced and influenced stable steady states (attractors), the authors show how other researchers can use the methods to weigh their own data with positive and negative weights. While the focus is on modeling marriage, the techniques can be applied to other types of psychological phenomena as well."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Bradford book

Includes bibliographical references and index