Using Client Positions as a Technique for Increasing Acceptability of Marriage Therapy Interventions.

Scheel, Michael J.; Conoley, Collie W.; Ivey, David C.

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ERIC Number: EJ585338

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1998

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Using Client Positions as a Technique for Increasing Acceptability of Marriage Therapy Interventions.

Scheel, Michael J.; Conoley, Collie W.; Ivey, David C.

American Journal of Family Therapy, v26 n3 p203-14 Jul-Sep 1998

Investigates the use of intervention rationales that matched the participants' positions of beliefs in marriage therapy. Participants rated each treatment recommendation for acceptability. A variety of interventions were utilized. The interventions paired with rationales. Participant positions were rated significantly more acceptable than mismatched and no-rationale conditions. (Author/MKA)

Descriptors: Beliefs, Constructivism (Learning), Counseling Techniques, Intervention, Marriage Counseling, Questionnaires, Role Playing

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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