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Christensen, Andrew; Atkins, David C.; Yi, Jean; Baucom, Donald H.; George, William H. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
Follow-up data across 2 years were obtained on 130 of 134 couples who were originally part of a randomized clinical trial comparing traditional versus integrative behavioral couple therapy (TBCT vs. IBCT; A. Christensen et al., 2004). Both treatments produced similar levels of clinically significant improvement at 2 years posttreatment (69% of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Therapy, Marital Satisfaction, Marriage Counseling
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Christensen, Andrew; Atkins, David C.; Berns, Sara; Wheeler, Jennifer; Baucom, Donald H.; Simpson, Lorelei E. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2004
A randomized clinical trial compared the effects of traditional behavioral couple therapy (TBCT) and integrative behavioral couple therapy (IBCT) on 134 seriously and chronically distressed married couples, stratified into moderately and severely distressed groups. Couples in IBCT made steady improvements in satisfaction throughout the course of…
Descriptors: Therapy, Marriage Counseling, Marital Satisfaction, Behavior Modification
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Atkins, David C.; Eldridge, Kathleen A.; Baucom, Donald H.; Christensen, Andrew – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2005
Infidelity is a common issue with which distressed couples and their therapists grapple. However, there are no data on the efficacy of commonly used therapies to treat couples in which there has been an affair. In the present exploratory study, the authors examined the therapy outcomes of a sample of infidelity couples (n=19) who had participated…
Descriptors: Therapy, Marriage Counseling, Marital Instability, Deception