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Glick, Paul C. – Family Relations, 1980
Hypothesizes that a relatively large proportion of family life specialists never marry and that, of those who do marry, a relatively large proportion disrupt their marriage by separation or divorce. Examines research that sheds light on this hypothesis. (Author)
Descriptors: Counselors, Divorce, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Life

Wile, Daniel B. – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1979
Presents a form of insight therapy based upon systems theory and suggests that this has much to offer in marital therapy. Categories of relationship problems with which a couples therapist must deal are described. (Author)
Descriptors: Counseling Theories, Family Problems, Interpersonal Relationship, Marital Instability

Frank, Ellen; And Others – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1980
Nonpatient couples, couples seeking sex therapy, and couples seeking marital therapy, were asked to report on who they felt should and who actually does assume responsibility in marital role areas. Discrepancy between role ideals and behavior was examined. Marital therapy patients were found to experience the most role strain. (Author)
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Family Counseling, Family Problems, Marriage

Ohlsen, Merle M. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1979
Presents a rationale for counseling couples in groups and illustrates how people can be taught to pair up with counselors in order to help their spouses rather than hurt them. Specific steps in forming and facilitating the group are presented. (BEF)
Descriptors: Classification, Counselor Role, Family Counseling, Group Therapy

Stewart, Ross M. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1979
Suggests goal development as an effective way to set the stage for change with couples in groups. It helps to clarify issues, opens channels of communication, change behaviors in desired directions, and evaluate that change. Spouses, group members, and counselors can benefit from goal-setting. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Communication (Thought Transfer), Goal Orientation, Guides

Zarle, Thomas H.; Boyd, Roger C. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1977
Subjects were 27 married couples. The purposes of this study were: (a) to implement an interpersonal-skills training paradigm for training married individuals to exhibit increased self-disclosive behavior in their marital relationships; and (b) to determine the efficacy of experiential and modeling procedures in such training. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Communication Skills, Interpersonal Competence, Marital Instability
Barlow, Constance A.; Cairns, Kathleen V. – Canadian Journal of Counselling, 1997
Used grounded theory to investigate women's experience of mothering. Conducted unstructured interviews with 11 mothers who had one or more children under 12 years old. Results focus on the psychological experience of mothering by considering the challenges and opportunities that childbirth and child rearing offer. Implications for marital…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Marriage Counseling, Mother Attitudes, Mothers

Bourdeau, Beth; Mooney, Matthew E. – Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 2002
Many current marriage and family trainers focus on issues related to counseling theory, special issues, and techniques. This article proposes an integrative, comprehensive model of instructional design, using concepts based in learning theory and development. When implemented, this model can provide a consistent, developmentally sensitive training…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Curriculum Design, Family Counseling, Instructional Design

Rhodes, Angel R. – Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 2002
The dual-career commuter couple is an alternative family configuration that continues to grow in number. Reviews the literature on dual-career commuter couples that has been published since 1982. Addresses the counseling issues of marital and family characteristics, commuting characteristics, and decision-making styles. Counseling implications and…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Dual Career Family, Family Counseling, Family Structure

Ripley, Jennifer S.; Worthington, Everett L., Jr. – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2002
Reports on a clinical trial (N = 43 couples) that compares a hope-focused marital enrichment with empathy-centered forgiveness-based marital enrichment Hope-focused marital enrichment produced clinically relevant changes in marital communication. The forgiveness-based marital enrichment psychoeducational group is one of the first studies of…
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques, Group Counseling, Interpersonal Communication

Kersten, Karen Kayser – Family Relations, 1990
Examined the process of marital disaffection to determine whether there is a pattern of sequential stages. Developed three-phase model of disaffection from the results of in-depth interviews with 49 highly disaffected spouses. Results suggest that marital therapy must involve different goals and interventions during each phase of disaffection to…
Descriptors: Anger, Attachment Behavior, Interpersonal Relationship, Intimacy

Taggart, Morris – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1989
Responds to Cottone's "Defining the Psychomedical and Systemic Paradigms in Marital and Family Therapy." Claims acknowledgement of political and economic contexts of family therapy would be wonderful news if it betokened new sensitivity. Concludes that, although there are questions about family therapy's market share, there can be no…
Descriptors: Change, Economic Change, Family Counseling, Marriage Counseling

Allred, G. Hugh; Briggs, Kathleen – American Journal of Family Therapy, 1988
Describes how Brigham Young University selects applicants to master's and doctoral programs in marriage and family therapy. Explains how traditional methods are augmented by use of highly reliable interaction-analysis instrument, a microcomputer, and large computer frame to analyze verbal interactions of applicants who conduct therapy with coached…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Applicants, Competitive Selection, Family Counseling

Long, Edgar C. J. – American Journal of Family Therapy, 1993
Examined perspective-taking differences among 259 individuals in high- and 43 individuals in low-adjustment marriages. Four hypotheses were tested that demonstrated that females in high- and low-adjustment marriages did not differ in their perspective-taking ability with others in general. Males and females in high- and low-adjustment groups did…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Counseling Techniques, Marital Instability, Marriage

Gimbel, Cynthia; Booth, Alan – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1994
Describes investigation of ways in which combat decreases marital quality and stability. Results support three models: (1) factors propelling men into combat also make them poor marriage material; (2) combat causes problems that increase marital adversity; and (3) combat intensifies premilitary stress and antisocial behavior which then negatively…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Divorce, Males, Marital Instability