Marital therapy: Qualities of couples who fare better or worse in treatment

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 411-424

  Hampson, Robert B ^b   Prince, Catherine C ^b   Beavers, W Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033210976     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1999.tb00259.x     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Baucom, D. H., & Hoffman, J. A. (1986). The effectiveness of marital therapy: Current status and application to the clinical setting. In N. S. Jacobson & A. S. Gurman (Eds.), Clinical handbook of marital therapy (pp. 597-620). New York: Guilford.
2. Beavers, W. R. (1985). Successful marriage: A family systems approach to marital therapy. New York: Norton.
3. Beavers, W. R., & Hampson, R. B. (1990). Successful families: Assessment and intervention. New York: Norton.
4. Bradbury, T. N. (1987). Assessing the effects of behavioral marital therapy: Assumptions and measurement strategies. Clinical Psychology Review, 7(5), 525-538.
5. Bray, J. H., & Jouriles, E. N. (1995). Treatment of marital conflict and prevention of divorce. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 21, 461-473.
6. Dunn, R. L., & Schwebel, A. I. (1995). Meta-analytic review of marital therapy outcome research. Journal of Family Psychology, 9, 58-68.
7. Epstein, N. B., Bishop, D., Ryan, C., Miller, I., & Keitner, G. (1993). The McMaster Model: View of healthy family functioning. In F. Walsh (Ed.), Normal family processes (2nd ed.) (pp. 115-141). New York: Guilford.
8. Friedlander, M. L., Wildman, J., Heatherington, L., & Skowron, E. A. (1994). What we do and don't know about the process of family therapy. Journal of Family Psychology, 8, 390-416.
9. Gurman, A. S., & Kniskern, D. P. (1981). Family therapy outcome research: Knowns and unknowns. In A. S. Gurman & D. P. Kniskern (Eds.), Handbook of family therapy (pp. 742-775). New York: Brunner/Mazel.
10. Gurman, A. S., Kniskern, D. P., & Pinsof, W. P. (1986). Research on marital and family therapies. In S. L. Garfield & A. Bergin (Eds.), Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change (3rd ed.) (pp. 565-624). New York: Wiley.
11. Hahlweg, K., & Markman, H. J. (1988). Effectiveness of behavioral marital therapy: Empirical status of behavioral techniques in preventing and alleviating marital distress. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 56, 440-447.
12. Hampson, R. B., & Beavers, W. R. (1996a). Measuring family therapy outcome in a clinical setting: Families that do better or worse in therapy. Family Process, 35, 347-361.
13. Hampson, R. B., & Beavers, W. R. (1996b). Family therapy and outcome: Relationships between family and therapist style. Contemporary Family Therapy, 18, 345-370.
14. Hof, L., & Miller, W. R. (1981). Marriage enrichment: Philosophy, process, and program. Bowie, MD: Robert J. Brady.
15. Jacobson, N. S. (1985). The role of observational measures in behavior therapy outcome research. Behavioral Assessment, 7, 297-308.
16. Jacobson, N. S., & Addis, M. E. (1993). Research on couples and couple therapy: What do we know? Where are we going? Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 61(1), 85-93.
17. Jacobson, N. S., Follette, W. C., & Revenstorf, D. (1984). Psychotherapy outcome research: Methods for reporting variability and evaluating clinical significance. Behavior Therapy, 15, 336-352.
18. Jacobson, N. S., Schmaling, K. B., Holtzworth-Munroe, A., Katt, J. L., Wood, L. F., & Follette, V. M. (1989). Research-structured vs. clinically flexible versions of social learning-based marital therapy. Behavioral Research Therapy, 27(2), 173-180.
19. Lewis, J., Beavers, W. R., Gossen, J., & Phillips, V. A. (1976). No single thread: Psychological health in family systems. New York: Brunner/Mazel.
20. Shadish, W. R., Ragsdale, K., Glaser, R. R., & Montgomery, L. M. (1995). The efficacy and effectiveness of marital and family therapy: A perspective from meta-analysis. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 21, 345-360.
21. Sholevar, G. P. (Ed.). (1981). The handbook of marriage and marital therapy. Jamaica, NT; Spectrum.
22. Snyder, D. K. (1987). Convergent validity of observational and self-report measures of marital interaction. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 13(3), 224-236.
23. Snyder, D. K., Mangrum, L. F., & Wills, R. M. (1993). Predicting couples' response to marital therapy: A comparison of short- and long-term predictors. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 61(1), 61-69.
24. Weisz, J. R., Weiss, B., & Donenberg, G. R. (1992). The lab versus the clinic: Effects of child and adolescent psychotherapy. American Psychologist, 47, 1578-1585.