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The Association of Divorce and Extramarital Sex in a Representative U.S. Sample
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Allen, Elizabeth S.; Atkins, David C. – Journal of Family Issues, 2012
Few studies provide specific rates of marital divorce or separation in association with a history of infidelity. Research based primarily from clinical or help-seeking populations suggests that most couples who have experienced infidelity do not divorce within the time frames assessed. Using self-reported history of extramarital sex (EMS),…
Descriptors: Divorce, Marriage, Sexuality, Correlation
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
Trajectories of Marital Conflict across the Life Course: Predictors and Interactions with Marital Happiness Trajectories
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Kamp Dush, Claire M.; Taylor, Miles G. – Journal of Family Issues, 2012
Using typologies outlined by Gottman and Fitzpatrick as well as institutional and companionate models of marriage, the authors conducted a latent class analysis of marital conflict trajectories using 20 years of data from the Marital Instability Over the Life Course study. Respondents were in one of three groups: high, medium (around the mean), or…
Descriptors: Marital Instability, Group Membership, Conflict, Marriage
Through the Eyes of the Beholder: The Mediating Role of Relationship Acceptance in the Impact of Partner Behavior
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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
The Spouse Observation Checklist: Empirical Analysis and Critique.
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Christensen, Andrew; Nies, Douglas C. – American Journal of Family Therapy, 1980
Couples completed questionnaires designed to test assumptions of the Spouse Observation Checklist. The assumption that the checklist represents the universe of marital pleasing and displeasing events received some support. Data did not support the assumption that couples can reliably observe their own behavior. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Correlation, Marital Instability, Marriage Counseling
Irrational Beliefs and Marital Adjustment.
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