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Reactions to a Partner-Assisted Emotional Disclosure Intervention: Direct Observation and Self-Report of Patient and Partner Communication
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Porter, Laura S.; Baucom, Donald H.; Keefe, Francis J.; Patterson, Emily S. – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2012
Partner-assisted emotional disclosure is a couple-based intervention designed to help patients disclose cancer-related concerns to their spouses-partners. We previously found that, compared with an education/support control condition, partner-assisted emotional disclosure led to significant improvements in relationship quality and intimacy for…
Descriptors: Intervention, Cancer, Intimacy, Patients
Couple and Individual Adjustment for 2 Years Following a Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Traditional versus Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy
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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
Traditional Versus Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy for Significantly and Chronically Distressed Married Couples.
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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
Sex Role Identity, Marital Satisfaction, and Response to Behavioral Marital Therapy.
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Baucom, Donald H.; Aiken, Pamela A. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1984
Explored the relationships among masculinity, femininity, and marital satisfaction, and response to behavioral marital therapy in married couples (N=126). Results indicated that for each sex, both femininity and masculinity are significantly correlated with self-reported marital satisfaction. (LLL)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Marital Satisfaction, Marriage Counseling, Self Concept
Forgiveness and Marriage: Preliminary Support for a Measure Based on a Model of Recovery from a Marital Betrayal.
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Gordon, Kristina Coop; Baucom, Donald H. – American Journal of Family Therapy, 2003
Presents initial support and validation of an inventory based upon a three-stage synthesized model of forgiveness in marital relationships. The measure achieved internal reliability, and a confirmatory factor analysis suggested that the resulting subscales are a good fit with the data. Further results offered preliminary support for the…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Marriage, Marriage Counseling, Measures (Individuals)
Supplementing Behavioral Marital Therapy with Cognitive Restructuring and Emotional Expressiveness Training: An Outcome Investigation.
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Baucom, Donald H.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1990
Investigated whether effectiveness of behavioral marital therapy would be increased by addition of cognitive restructuring and/or emotional expressiveness training for maritally distressed couples. Results from 60 such couples randomly assigned to a variety of treatment combinations revealed that the addition of cognitive restructuring and…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Marital Instability, Marriage Counseling
Infidelity and Behavioral Couple Therapy: Optimism in the Face of Betrayal
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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