Conjoint marital therapy: a controlled outcome study

Crowe, Michael J.

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“…For a combined sample of 200 Clinical and Nonclinical couples, Eidelson & Epstein (1982) report correlations between the RBI and the LockeWallace Marital Adjustment Scale (Locke & Wallace, 1959) of -.57, -.24, -.38 and -.25 for the "Disagreement is Destructive", "Mind-reading is Expected", "Partners Cannot Change" and "The Sexes are Different" subscales respectively. Emmelkamp et al (1987) report correlations between the Maudley Marital Questionnaire (Crowe, 1978) and the RBI subscales of .31/ .38 for the Disagreement subscale (for non-distressed and distressed couples), .04/.21 for Mind-reading, .22/.43 for Change and .19/.05 for the Sex Differences subscales. Recent reviews using a greater diversity of relationship belief and quality indices have suggested that the link between these beliefs and relationship quality are only moderate and may be mediated by the strength of relationship expectations (Karney et al, 2001).…”

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Relationships beliefs and relationship quality across cultures: Country as a moderator of dysfunctional beliefs and relationship quality in three former Communist societies

Gaines

2004

Personal Relationships

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Relationships beliefs and relationship quality across cultures: Country as a moderator of dysfunctional beliefs and relationship quality in three former Communist societies

Gaines

2004

Personal Relationships

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“…We used the Maudsley Marital Questionnaire (MMQ; Crowe, 1978), Dutch adaptation (Arrindell, Boelens, & Lambert, 1983), to assess marital dissatisfaction (possible range: 0-80). Higher scores represent greater dissatisfaction.…”

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A Cognitive-Behavioral Group Program for Women with Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome (VVS): Factors Associated with Treatment Success

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Weijenborg

2006

Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy

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The results of this prospective open clinical trial (N = 76) indicate that a cognitive-behavioral group program for women with vulvar vestibulitis syndrome (VVS) affects sexuality, pain control, vaginal muscle control, and vestibular pain and that these changes may mediate changes in pain during intercourse. Improvements in sexual functioning and vestibular pain during treatment seem to be particularly important factors in determining short and longer term treatment outcome. These findings are consistent with a cognitive-behavioral conceptualization of VVS.

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“…Participants in these studies included self-referrals, referrals from community agencies, and couples recruited from advertisements or from screening parents of chronically-ill children. The primary measure of relationship distress in 14 studies was the Dyadic adjustment scale (Spanier, 1976); in 3, was the Maudsley Marital Questionnaire (Crowe, 1978); in 2, was the Marital Adjustment Scale (Locke & Wallace, 1959) and in 1, was the General Happiness Rating Scale (Terman, 1938). Dropout rates from the 13 BCT studies ranged from 0% to 39% with a mean of 12%.…”

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The Efficacy of Behavioral Couples Therapy and Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couple Distress

2004

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Publication information Contemporary Family Therapy, 26 (4): 361-387Publisher Springer Item record/more information http://hdl.handle.net/10197/5128 Publisher's statementThe final publication is available at www.springerlink.comPublisher's version (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10591-004-0642-9Efficacy of BCT and EFT West Lake Drive, Athens, GA 30606 USA. Nicholsw@aol.com, ABSTRACTEfficacy of BCT and EFT 3 Twenty treatment outcome studies, 13 of which evaluated behavioral couples therapy (BCT) and 7 of which evaluated emotionally focused therapy (EFT) were reviewed . A total of 827 couples participated in the 20 studies from which the following conclusions were drawn. BCT leads to short and long-term gains for moderate to severe couple distress. After treatment the average couple treated with BCT fares better than 83% of untreated couples. Between a half and twothirds show clinically significant improvement which is maintained at follow-up periods ranging form 6 months to 4 years. In the long term BCT probably leads to no better outcomes than its constituent components -behavioral exchange training, and communication and problem solving skills training. The addition of a cognitive therapy component to BCT or the use of a variety of treatment formats does not improve the efficacy of BCT. Integrative couples therapy and insightoriented marital therapy may be more effective than BCT, but the studies supporting this conclusion require replication. EFT leads to short and long-term gains for mild to moderate couple distress. After treatment the average couple treated with EFT fares better than 89% of untreated couples. Between a half and almost three quarters of couples show clinically significant improvement which is maintained at follow-up periods ranging form 4 months to 2 years. In a single EFT outcome study improvement rates increased from post-treatment to 2 years followup, suggesting the effects of EFT may strengthen with time rather than 'wash out'.The addition of a cognitive therapy component to EFT does not enhance its efficacy. EFT may be more effective than problem solving therapy and less effective than integrated systemic therapy, but the two studies supporting this conclusion require replication.Efficacy of BCT and EFT 4

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Conjoint marital therapy: a controlled outcome study

Cited by 131 publications

References 19 publications

Relationships beliefs and relationship quality across cultures: Country as a moderator of dysfunctional beliefs and relationship quality in three former Communist societies

Relationships beliefs and relationship quality across cultures: Country as a moderator of dysfunctional beliefs and relationship quality in three former Communist societies

A Cognitive-Behavioral Group Program for Women with Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome (VVS): Factors Associated with Treatment Success

The Efficacy of Behavioral Couples Therapy and Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couple Distress

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