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Spanier, Graham

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Graham B. Spanier (b. 1948)

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Graham Spanier has contributed in various realms related to couples and families that have significantly advanced the field, namely, with the Dyadic Adjustment Scale and extensive research. Spanier has authored over one hundred scholarly publications such as seminal article, “Measuring Dyadic Adjustment: New Scales for Assessing the Quality of Marriage and Similar Dyads,” and several books like Parting: The Aftermath of Separation and Divorce.

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Dr. Graham Spanier’s early career was centered on research and scholarship. He earned two degrees from Iowa State University, a bachelor’s degree in sociology with a minor in psychology and mathematics in 1969, followed by a master’s degree in sociology with a minor in psychology in 1971. He holds a Ph.D. in sociology from Northwestern University (1973) where he was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow and NIMH Doctoral Fellow. Dr. Spanier became a professor at Pennsylvania State University where...

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  1. California School of Professional Psychology – Los Angeles at Alliant International University, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Lindsay Dwelley & Marilisa Raju

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  1. The Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, Illinois, USA

    Jay Lebow

  2. The Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, Illinois, USA

    Anthony Chambers

  3. The Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, Illinois, USA

    Douglas C. Breunlin

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  1. Council for Relationships, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Heather Pederson

  2. Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL, USA

    Diana Semmelhack

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Dwelley, L., Raju, M. (2018). Spanier, Graham. In: Lebow, J., Chambers, A., Breunlin, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_774-1

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