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The Sound Relationship House Questionnaires (5 item scale)

Love Maps
Read each statement and place a check mark in the appropriate TRUE or FALSE box.

STATEMENT TRUE FALSE

I can tell you some of my partner’s life dreams. q q
I can list the relatives my partner likes the least. q q
My partner is familiar with what are my current stresses. q q
I can list my partner’s major aspirations and hopes in life. q q
I know my partner’s major current worries. q q

Fondness and Admiration System

Read each statement and place a check mark in the appropriate TRUE or FALSE box.

STATEMENT TRUE FALSE

My partner really respects me. q q
I feel loved and cared for in this relationship. q q
Romance is something our relationship definitely still has in it. q q
When I come into a room, my partner is glad to see me. q q
My partner appreciates the things I do in this relationship. q q

Turning Towards or Away

Read each statement and place a check mark in the appropriate TRUE or FALSE box.

STATEMENT TRUE FALSE

I really enjoy discussing things with my partner. q q
We always have a lot to say to each other. q q
We have a lot of fun together in our everyday lives. q q
We really have a lot of interests in common. q q
We like to do a lot of the same things. q q

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TRUST

Instructions: For the following items answer the degree to which you agree or disagree with
each item by checking the box under Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neither Agree nor Disagree,
Agree, or Strongly Agree.
Strongly Disagree Neither Agree Strongly
Disagree Agree

1. There were important times when my partner has

not been there for me emotionally when I was
really in need.
2. My partner has been or is emotionally involved
with someone else, which feels like a betrayal.
3. My partner has been or is sexually involved with
someone else, which feels like a betrayal.
4. I don’t have much trust in any relationship.
5. Once, when I really needed to turn to my partner
for emotional support, I was terribly disappointed
and left utterly alone.
6. Sometimes I don’t feel important to my partner.
7. My partner has forced me to do some things
against my principles, or to do things that I find
objectionable, repulsive, or disgusting.
8. My partner lies to me.
9. There are some wounds my partner has created
that can never fully heal between us.
10. My trust in this relationship has been seriously
shattered.
11. I don’t feel that I am my partner’s first or even
major priority in his or her life.
12. My partner has cheated me and I feel betrayed
by that.
13. My partner has betrayed me financially.
14. When going through hard times in our
relationship, I don’t feel I can count on my
partner to be there for me.
15. Our vows aren’t really sacred to my partner.
16. My partner can be deceitful with me in many
ways.
17. When I get sick I am abandoned by my
partner.
18. I can’t really count on my partner.
19. If I should have financial problems my financial
problems are totally my own. I cannot rely on my
partner to help me out.
20. I suspect that my partner has betrayed our
relationship contract in the past.
21. My partner is not really loyal to me.

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COMMITMENT

Instructions: For the following items answer the degree to which you agree or disagree with
each item by checking the box under Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neither Agree nor Disagree,
Agree, or Strongly Agree.
Strongly Disagree Neither Agree Strongly
Disagree Agree

1. I feel confident that my partner will stay in this

relationship even if we are going through hard
times.
2. When I am feeling bad, my partner is willing to
meet my needs.
3. During a fight, my partner does not threaten to
leave me.
4. I am committed to this relationship.
5. I consider my relationship rock solid.
6. I would refuse to have sex with a person other
than my partner.
7. I will sometimes make major sacrifices for my
partner even if it goes against what I need.
8. I make sure that my partner feels loved by me.
9. When my partner is sick, I think it is very
important that I take care of him or her.
10. When I compromise with my partner, I don’t feel
controlled and manipulated.
11. Being a team is sometimes more important to me
than my own needs
12. I feel that my partner’s financial security is in part
my responsibility.
13. If my partner were in emotional trouble, I would
be there 100%.
14. After an argument, I am not thinking that I could
be happier with someone else.
15. During a fight, I do not threaten to leave my
partner.
16. I am not waiting for someone better to come
along.
17. We are not usually engaged in a power struggle.
18. I want to stay with my partner forever.
19. I would avoid flirting if it made my partner feel
insecure.
20. No matter what’s going on, I never fantasize
about divorce or separation.
21. No matter how bad things get I never long for
the days when I was single.

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COMMITMENT (continued) Strongly

Disagree
Disagree Neither Agree Strongly
Agree

22. I never envy my friends who are single.

23. I never fantasize about what life would be like being
someone else’s partner.
24. I love it when my partner and I dream about our future
together.
25. I love thinking about my partner and I growing old
together
26. My worst nightmare is my partner dying before me.
27. I feel loved by my partner.

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The Sound Relationship House Questionnaires (5 item scale)

Love Maps
Read each statement and place a check mark in the appropriate TRUE or FALSE box.

STATEMENT TRUE FALSE

I can tell you some of my partner’s life dreams. q q
I can list the relatives my partner likes the least. q q
My partner is familiar with what are my current stresses. q q
I can list my partner’s major aspirations and hopes in life. q q
I know my partner’s major current worries. q q

Fondness and Admiration System

Read each statement and place a check mark in the appropriate TRUE or FALSE box.

STATEMENT TRUE FALSE

My partner really respects me. q q
I feel loved and cared for in this relationship. q q
Romance is something our relationship definitely still has in it. q q
When I come into a room, my partner is glad to see me. q q
My partner appreciates the things I do in this relationship. q q

Turning Towards or Away

Read each statement and place a check mark in the appropriate TRUE or FALSE box.

STATEMENT TRUE FALSE

I really enjoy discussing things with my partner. q q
We always have a lot to say to each other. q q
We have a lot of fun together in our everyday lives. q q
We really have a lot of interests in common. q q
We like to do a lot of the same things. q q

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Negative Sentiment Override

Fill this form out thinking about your immediate past (last 2 to 4 weeks) or a recent
discussion of an existing issue. Read each statement and place a check mark in the
appropriate TRUE or FALSE box.

IN THE RECENT PAST IN MY RELATIONSHIP, GENERALLY TRUE FALSE

I felt innocent of blame for this problem. q q
I felt unjustly accused q q
I felt personally attacked. q q
I felt unjustly criticized. q q
I wanted the negativity to just stop. q q

Harsh Startup
Read each statement and place a check mark in the appropriate TRUE or FALSE box.

WHEN WE DISCUSS OUR ISSUES TRUE FALSE

Arguments often seem to come out of nowhere. q q
I seem to always get blamed for issues. q q
My partner criticizes my personality. q q
Our calm is suddenly shattered. q q
I find my partner’s negativity unnerving and unsettling. q q

Accepting Influence
Read each statement and place a check mark in the appropriate TRUE or FALSE box.

WHEN WE DISCUSS OUR ISSUES TRUE FALSE

I generally want my partner to feel influential in this relationship. q q
I can listen to my partner, but only up to a point. q q
My partner has a lot of basic common sense. q q
I don’t reject my partner’s opinions out of hand. q q
My partner is basically a great help as a problem solver. q q

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Repair Attempts
Read each statement and place a check mark in the appropriate TRUE or FALSE box.

DURING OUR ATTEMPTS TO RESOLVE CONFLICT BETWEEN US TRUE FALSE

We are good at taking breaks when we need them. q q
Even when arguing, we can maintain a sense of humor. q q
We are pretty good listeners even when we have different positions q q
on things.
If things get heated, we can usually pull out of it and change things. q q
My partner is good at soothing me when I get upset. q q

Compromise
Read each statement and place a check mark in the appropriate TRUE or FALSE box.

DURING OUR ATTEMPTS TO RESOLVE CONFLICT BETWEEN US TRUE FALSE

We are usually good at resolving our differences. q q
We both believe in meeting each other halfway when we disagree. q q
In discussing issues, we can usually find our common ground of q q
agreement.
Yielding power is not very difficult for me. q q
Give and take in making decisions is not a problem in this q q
relationship.

Gridlock on Perpetual Issues

Read each statement and place a check mark in the appropriate TRUE or FALSE box.

WHEN WE DISCUSS OUR ISSUES TRUE FALSE

We keep hurting each other whenever we discuss our core issues. q q
My partner has a long list of basically unreasonable demands. q q
I don’t feel respected when we disagree. q q
My partner often acts in a selfish manner. q q
When we discuss our issues, my partner acts as if I am totally wrong q q
and he or she is totally right.

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The Four Horsemen

Read each statement and place a check mark in the appropriate TRUE or FALSE box.

WHEN WE DISCUSS OUR ISSUES TRUE FALSE

I have to defend myself because the charges against me are so q q
unfair.
I often feel unappreciated by my partner. q q
My partner doesn’t face issues responsibly and maturely. q q
I am just not guilty of many of the things I get accused of. q q
My partner has a lot of trouble being rational and logical. q q

Flooding
Read each statement and place a check mark in the appropriate TRUE or FALSE box.

STATEMENT TRUE FALSE

Our discussions get too heated. q q
I have a hard time calming down. q q
One of us is going to say something we will regret. q q
I think to myself, “Why can’t we talk more logically?” q q
My partner has a long list of unreasonable demands. q q

Emotional Disengagement and Loneliness

Read each statement and place a check mark in the appropriate TRUE or FALSE box.

STATEMENT TRUE FALSE

I often find myself disappointed in this relationship. q q
I will at times find myself quite lonely in this relationship. q q
It is hard for my deepest feelings to get much attention in this q q
relationship.
There is not enough closeness between us. q q
I have adapted to a lot in this relationship, and I am not so sure it’s a q q
good idea.

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Quality of Sex, Romance, and Passion in the Relationship

For each item check the one box below that applies to your relationship right now:

1. Our relationship is m Romantic and passionate

m Becoming passionless, that is, the fire is going out
2. I would say that m My partner is still verbally affectionate
m My partner is not very verbally affectionate
3. I would say that m My partner expresses love and admiration to me
m My partner expresses love or admiration less frequently
these days
4. I would say that m We do touch each other a fair amount
m We rarely touch each other these days
5. I would say that m My partner courts me sexually
m My partner does not court me sexually
6. I would say that m We do cuddle with one another
m We rarely cuddle with one another
7. I would say that m We still have our tender and passionate moments
m We have few tender or passionate moments
8. I would say that m Our sex life is fine
m There are definite problems in this area
9. I would say that m The frequency of sex is not a problem
m The frequency of sex is a problem
10. I would say that m The satisfaction I get from sex is not a problem
m The satisfaction I get from sex is a problem
11. I would say that m Being able to just talk about sex, or talk about sexual
problems is not a serious issue between us
m Being able to just talk about sex, or talk about sexual
problems is a serious issue between us
12. I would say that m The two of us generally want the same thing sexually
m The two of us want different things sexually
13. I would say that m Differences in desire are not an issue in this relationship
m Differences in desire are an issue in this relationship
14. I would say that m The amount of love in our lovemaking is not a problem
m The amount of love in our lovemaking is a problem

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Shared Meanings Questionnaire

We want you to think about how well you and your partner have been able to create a sense of
shared meaning in your lives together. We think that when people become committed to one
another they create a new culture, and some relationships also involve the union of two very
different cultures. But even if two people are coming from the same regional, cultural, ethnic,
and religious backgrounds, they will have been raised in two very different families, and their
merging involves the creation of a new culture.
Read each statement and place a check mark in the appropriate TRUE or FALSE box.

YOUR RITUALS True False

Reunions at the end of each day in our home are generally special times in q q
my day.
During weekends, we do a lot of things together that we enjoy and value. q q
I really look forward to and enjoy our vacations and the travel we do q q
together.
When we do errands together, we generally have a good time. q q
We have ways of becoming renewed and refreshed when we are burned q q
out or fatigued.

YOUR ROLES True False

We share many similar values in our roles as lovers and partners. q q
My partner and I have compatible views about the role of work in one’s life. q q
My partner and I have similar philosophies about balancing work and q q
family life.
My partner supports what I would see as my basic mission in life. q q
My partner shares my views on the importance of family and kin (sisters, q q
brothers, moms, dads) in our life together.

YOUR GOALS True False

If I were to look back on my life in very old age, I think I would see that our q q
paths in life had meshed very well.
My partner values my own accomplishments. q q
My partner honors my own very personal goals, unrelated to my q q
relationship.
We have very similar financial goals. q q
Our hopes and aspirations, as individuals and together, for our children, for q q
our life in general, and for our old age are quite compatible.

YOUR SYMBOLS True False

We see eye-to-eye about what “home” means. q q
We have similar views about the role of sex in our lives. q q
We have similar views about the role of love and affection in our lives. q q
We have similar values about the importance and meaning of money in q q
our lives.
We have similar values about “autonomy” and “independence.” q q

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