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Direct linkPorter, 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
South, Susan C.; Doss, Brian D.; Christensen, Andrew – Family Relations, 2010
Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT) posits that emotional reactions to a partner's behavior can be as important to the relationship as the behavior itself. This study examined whether acceptance (a) is distinct from relationship sentiment, (b) mediates the link between a partner's behavioral frequency and own relationship satisfaction,…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Role, Therapy, Emotional Response
Atkins, David C.; Dimidjian, Sona; Bedics, Jamie D.; Christensen, Andrew – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2009
The association between depression and relationship distress as well as the impact of treatment for the one on the other was examined across 2 treatment-seeking samples: individuals seeking treatment for depression (N = 120) and couples seeking marital therapy (N = 134 couples). Although there was a baseline association between depression and…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Therapy, Depression (Psychology), Marriage Counseling
Doss, Brian D.; Christensen, Andrew – Psychological Assessment, 2006
Despite the recent emphasis on acceptance in romantic relationships, no validated measure of relationship acceptance presently exists. To fill this gap, the 20-item Frequency and Acceptability of Partner Behavior Inventory (FAPBI; A. Christensen & N. S. Jacobson, 1997) was created to assess separately the acceptability and frequency of both…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Psychological Needs, Sexual Orientation, Marriage Counseling
Panuzio, Jillian; O'Farrell, Timothy J.; Marshall, Amy D.; Murphy, Christopher M.; Murphy, Marie; Taft, Casey T. – Assessment, 2006
This study examined relationship aggression reporting concordance among 303 men with alcohol use disorders and their female partners enrolled in couples-based alcohol abuse treatment. Agreement for physical and psychological aggression was generally consistent with, or higher than, concordance rates reported among other populations. Men's…
Descriptors: Intimacy, Gender Differences, Drinking, Alcoholism
Epstein, Norman; Eidelson, Roy J. – 1980
Although interest has increased in applying cognitive behavior therapies to conjoint treatment of marital problems, the role of cognitive processes in marital maladjustment and in couples' orientations toward marital therapy has not been sufficiently investigated. The association between couples' levels of marital distress and their goals for…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Beliefs, Cognitive Processes, Correlation
