2015
DOI: 10.1037/a0038541
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Improvements in closeness, communication, and psychological distress mediate effects of couple therapy for veterans.

Abstract: This study identifies unique mediators of treatment effects and shows that gains in mechanisms predict subsequent relationship satisfaction. Future investigations should focus on the role of emotional closeness and psychological distress-constructs that have often been neglected-in couple therapy. (PsycINFO Database Record

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“…MH visits were reduced following complete courses of couple therapy among higher initial utilizers of physical and mental health services. The findings regarding reductions in MH services are consistent with previous results from this sample indicating that reductions in relationship distress are associated with subsequent improvements in MH (Doss et al., ). There are several reasons why couple therapy may also lead to reductions in PH visits, particularly among those with higher initial levels of service utilization.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 90%
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“…MH visits were reduced following complete courses of couple therapy among higher initial utilizers of physical and mental health services. The findings regarding reductions in MH services are consistent with previous results from this sample indicating that reductions in relationship distress are associated with subsequent improvements in MH (Doss et al., ). There are several reasons why couple therapy may also lead to reductions in PH visits, particularly among those with higher initial levels of service utilization.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 90%
“…Proc., Vol. 56, September, 2017 MADSEN, TOMFOHR-MADSEN & DOSS / 629 reductions in relationship distress are associated with subsequent improvements in MH (Doss et al, 2015). There are several reasons why couple therapy may also lead to reductions in PH visits, particularly among those with higher initial levels of service utilization.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Social exchange and social learning theories (e.g., Jacobson & Margolin, 1979) assign great significance to interpersonal communication as a generative force in relationships, of course, and preventive interventions target behavior change as a key mechanism for improving relationships. Finding consistent support for this idea has proven difficult, however, and existing evidence supports the idea that dyadic processes are a relatively stable, trait-like characteristic of the dyadic system that partners create—processes that deteriorate principally when relationship distress becomes overt and unavoidable, and only then becoming amenable to change (e.g., Doss, Mitchell, Georgia, Biesen, & Rowe, 2015). Our findings build on this idea and suggest that communication operates less as an unmoderated generative force and more as a risk-activated amplifier of other experiences that couples undergo, notably when those experiences are significantly different than before.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Research on BCT for distressed couples without AUDs has focused on several putative MOBC, including increases in positive behaviors (Doss et al, 2005), communication and problem solving, and decreases in negative communication (Baucom et al, 2011; Doss et al, 2005; Halford et al, 1993; Iverson and Baucom, 1990; Sayers et al, 1991; Sevier et al, 2008), increased positive cognitions about the partner (Halford et al, 1993), increased positive affect (Doss et al, 2005; Doss et al, 2014; Halford et al, 1993), and greater emotional acceptance (Doss et al, 2005; South et al, 2010). Research has examined change in these putative mechanisms from baseline to post treatment, as well as associations between pre-post changes in these mechanisms and post-treatment relationship satisfaction.…”
Section: Alcohol Behavioral Couple Therapy: Active Ingredients and Mementioning
confidence: 99%