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Lebow, Jay L.; Chambers, Anthony L.; Christensen, Andrew; Johnson, Susan M. – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2012
This article reviews the research on couple therapy over the last decade. The research shows that couple therapy positively impacts 70% of couples receiving treatment. The effectiveness rates of couple therapy are comparable to the effectiveness rates of individual therapies and vastly superior to control groups not receiving treatment. The…
Descriptors: Evidence, Control Groups, Marriage Counseling, Therapy
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Baucom, Katherine J. W.; Sevier, Mia; Eldridge, Kathleen A.; Doss, Brian D.; Christensen, Andrew – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2011
Objective: To examine changes in observed communication after therapy termination in distressed couples from a randomized clinical trial. Method: A total of 134 distressed couples were randomly assigned to either traditional behavioral couple therapy (TBCT; Jacobson & Margolin, 1979) or integrative behavioral couple therapy (IBCT; Jacobson &…
Descriptors: Evidence, Marital Status, Problem Solving, Marriage Counseling