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Baucom, Katherine J. W.; Baucom, Brian R.; Christensen, Andrew – Psychological Assessment, 2012
We examined the utility of naive ratings of communication patterns and relationship quality in a large sample of distressed couples. Untrained raters assessed 10-min videotaped interactions from 134 distressed couples who participated in both problem-solving and social support discussions at each of 3 time points (pre-therapy, post-therapy, and…
Descriptors: Therapy, Marriage Counseling, Marriage, Personality Traits
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Christensen, Andrew; Atkins, David C.; Baucom, Brian; Yi, Jean – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2010
Objective: To follow distressed married couples for 5 years after their participation in a randomized clinical trial. Method: A total of 134 chronically and seriously distressed married couples were randomly assigned to approximately 8 months of either traditional behavioral couple therapy (TBCT; Jacobson & Margolin, 1979) or integrative…
Descriptors: Marital Status, Marital Satisfaction, Effect Size, Therapy
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Boisvert, Marie-Michele; Wright, John; Tremblay, Nadine; McDuff, Pierre – Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 2011
Understanding couples' relationship problems is fundamental to couple therapy. Although research has documented common relationship problems, no study has used open-ended questions to explore problems in couples seeking therapy in naturalistic settings. The present study used a reliable coding system to explore the relationship problems reported…
Descriptors: Psychological Needs, Interpersonal Relationship, Therapy, Behavior Problems