Family Stress, Responses, and Mind-Sets: An Exploratory Mind Genomics Cartography

We introduce the emerging science of Mind Genomics to understand how ordinary people feel when they are presented with different vignettes about a couple’s behavior in tough economic times. Respondents each rated 24 unique vignettes describing the economic situation, the time of year, what the couple does in light of coping with the economic situation, and situation at home resulting from the coping efforts. The Mind Genomics method allows the respondent to predict what might happen to the couple. The approach introduces a projective approach to understanding social problems.