Couples Therapy for Intimate Partner Violence: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Karakurt, Günnur; Whiting, Kathleen; Esch, Chantal van; Bolen, Shari; Calabrese, Joseph R.

doi:10.1111/jmft.12178

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“…We acknowledge the controversy that exists surrounding a couple's systems approach to treatment when intimate partner violence or child abuse has been identified (Mahraj, ; Stith & McCollum, ). However, a comprehensive review of studies indicates that working with couples conjointly is efficacious and appropriate in some situations (Karakurt, Whiting, Esch, Bolen, & Calabrese, ), such as when situational violence rather than coercive control is involved (Hardesty, Crossman, Khaw, & Raffaelli, ). With careful monitoring for safety concerns, our intervention supported couples work on communication issues, negative attributions, and self‐control of aggression.…”

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Supporting Father Involvement: An Intervention With Community and Child Welfare–Referred Couples

Pruett

Cowan

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Family Relations

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Objective To expand the evidence base of the Supporting Father Involvement (SFI) intervention to include child welfare families. Background Taking a preventive father‐inclusive approach, SFI aims to strengthen coparenting, parent–child relationships, and child outcomes. This study replicates 4 prior iterations of the program using the same 32‐hour curriculum facilitated by clinically trained staff, case managers, and onsite child care and family meals. Method Participants (N = 239) included low‐income (median = $24,000) coparenting pairs, typically mothers and fathers/father figures, half of whom were Mexican American, with toddlers (median age < 3 years). Questionnaires assessing multiple family domains were administered verbally over an 18‐month period. Intervention effectiveness was tested through a randomized control trial with immediate treatment or waitlist–control groups using a moderated mediator structural equation model. Results The model explained 49% to 56% of the variance in children's problem behaviors (intervention and autoregressive effects). The intervention reduced couple conflict, which reduced anxious and harsh parenting, leading to better child outcomes. The intervention was equally effective for community and child welfare–referred families and family dynamics pathways were similar across conditions. Conclusion With its intentional outreach and inclusion of fathers, SFI offers an effective intervention for lower risk child welfare–involved families. Implications Results argue for the utility of treating community and child welfare parents in mixed‐gender prevention groups that focus on strengthening multiple levels of family relationships.

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Supporting Father Involvement: An Intervention With Community and Child Welfare–Referred Couples

Pruett

Cowan

et al. 2019

Family Relations

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“…Young Parenthood Program(YPP, Florsheim et al, 2012); Couples Therapy for Intimate Partner violence,Karakurt, Whiting, Esch, Bolen, & Calabrese, 2016; Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP, Lieberman et al, 2005)]. 2.…”

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Annual Research Review: Interparental conflict and youth psychopathology: an evidence review and practice focused update

Harold

Sellers

2018

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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The quality of the interparental relationship is recognized as an important influence on child and adolescent psychopathology. Historically, clinically oriented research on this topic has focused on the impacts of parental divorce and domestic violence as primary interparental relationship influences on child outcomes, to the relative neglect of dimensional or qualitative features of the couple/interparental relationship for youth (child and adolescent) psychopathology. Recent research has highlighted that children are affected by attributes of interparental conflict, specifically how parents express and manage conflicts in their relationship, across a continuum of expressed severity and negativity -ranging from silence to violence. Furthermore, new evidence highlights that children's emotional, behavioral, social, academic outcomes, and future interpersonal relationships are adversely affected by conflict between parents/carers whether adults are living together or not (i.e. married or separated), or where children are or are not genetically related to their rearing parents (e.g. adoption). We review evidence and present an integrated theoretical model, highlighting how children are affected by interparental conflict and what this evidence base means for effective intervention and prevention program development, as well as the development of possible cost-benefit models. Additionally, we review policy implications of this research and highlight some very recent examples of UK-based policy focusing on addressing the interparental relationship and its impact on youth psychopathology.

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“…In a meta‐analysis of six studies, Karakurt et al . () found that couple therapy was more effective than alternative interventions for mild‐to‐moderate situational intimate partner violence, with an effect size of 0.84. Karakurt included studies of psychoeducational, behavioural, and solution‐focused couple therapy in this meta‐analysis.…”

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Couple therapy, family therapy and systemic interventions for adult‐focused problems: the current evidence base

Carr

2018

Journal of Family Therapy

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This paper updates previous similar reviews published in JFT in 2000, 2009 and 2014. It presents evidence from meta‐analyses, systematic literature reviews and controlled trials for the effectiveness of couple therapy, family therapy, and systemic interventions for adults with a range or relationship and mental health problems. The evidence supports the effectiveness of systemic interventions, either alone or as part of multimodal programmes, for relationship distress, psychosexual problems, intimate partner violence, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, alcohol problems, psychosis and adjustment to chronic physical illness.

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Couples Therapy for Intimate Partner Violence: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Cited by 119 publications

References 44 publications

Supporting Father Involvement: An Intervention With Community and Child Welfare–Referred Couples

Supporting Father Involvement: An Intervention With Community and Child Welfare–Referred Couples

Annual Research Review: Interparental conflict and youth psychopathology: an evidence review and practice focused update

Couple therapy, family therapy and systemic interventions for adult‐focused problems: the current evidence base

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