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Fals-Stewart, William; Birchler, Gary R.; Kelley, Michelle L. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
Married or cohabiting female alcoholic patients (n = 138) and their non-substance-abusing male partners were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 equally intensive interventions: (a) behavioral couples therapy plus individual-based treatment (BCT; n = 46), (b) individual-based treatment only (IBT; n = 46), or (c) psychoeducational attention control…
Descriptors: Females, Patients, Spouses, Behavior Modification
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O'Farrell, Timothy J.; Murphy, Christopher M.; Stephan, Sharon H.; Fals-Stewart, William; Murphy, Marie – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2004
This study examined partner violence before and after behavioral couples therapy (BCT) for 303 married or cohabiting male alcoholic patients and used a demographically matched nonalcoholic comparison sample. In the year before BCT, 60% of alcoholic patients had been violent toward their female partner, 5 times the comparison sample rate of 12%. In…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Males, Family Violence, Family Counseling