Couple and individual adjustment for 2 years following a randomized clinical trial comparing traditional versus integrative behavioral couple therapy

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1180-1191

  Christensen, Andrew ^a   Atkins, David C ^b   Yi, Jean ^c   Baucom, Donald H ^d   George, William H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Couple therapy; Follow up data; Marital satisfaction; Marital therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL BEHAVIORAL COUPLE THERAPY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE BEHAVIORAL COUPLE THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNICATION; DIVORCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RETREATMENT;

EID: 33845640076     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.74.6.1180     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Atkins, D. C. (2005). Using multilevel models to analyze marital and family treatment data: Basic and advanced issues. Journal of Family Psychology, 19, 98-110.
2. Baucom, D. H., Hahlweg, K., & Kuschel, A. (2003). Are waiting-list control groups needed in future marital therapy outcome research? Behavior Therapy, 34, 179-188.
3. Baucom, D. H., Shoham, V., Mueser, K. T., Daiuto, A. D., & Stickle, T. R. (1998). Empirically supported couple and family interventions for marital distress and adult mental health problems. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 66, 53-88.
4. Christensen, A. (1999). Marital activities questionnaire. Unpublished questionnaire, University of California, Los Angeles.
5. Christensen, A., Atkins, D. C., Berns, S., Wheeler, J., Baucom, D. H., & Simpson, L. E. (2004). Traditional versus integrative behavioral couple therapy for significantly and chronically distressed married couples. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72, 176-191.
6. Christensen, A., & Heavey, C. L. (1999). Interventions for couples. In J. T. Spence, J. M. Darley, & D. J. Foss (Eds.), Annual review of psychology (pp. 165-190). Palo Alto, CA: Annual Reviews.
7. Christensen, A., & Jacobson, N. S. (2000). Reconcilable differences. New York: Guilford Press.
8. Diggle, P. J., Heagerty, P., Liang, K. Y., & Zeger, S. L. (2002). Analysis of longitudinal data (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
9. Gottman, J. M., Notarius, C., Gonso, J., & Markman, H. (1977). A couple's guide to communication. Champaign, IL: Research Press.
10. Jacobson, N. S., & Christensen, A. (1998). Acceptance and change in couple therapy: A therapist's guide to transforming relationships. New York: Norton.
11. Jacobson, N. S., Christensen, A., Prince, S. E., Cordova, J., & Eldridge, K. (2000). Integrative behavioral couple therapy: An acceptance-based, promising new treatment for couple discord. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68, 351-355.
12. Jacobson, N. S., & Margolin, G. (1979). Marital therapy: Strategies based on social learning and behavior exchange principles. New York: Brunner/Mazel.
13. Jacobson, N. S., Schmaling, K. B., & Holtzworth-Munroe, A. (1987). Component analysis of behavioral marital therapy: 2-year follow-up and prediction of relapse. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 13, 187-195.
14. Jacobson, N. S., & Truax, P. (1991). Clinical significance: A statistical approach to defining meaningful change in psychotherapy research. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 59, 12-19.
15. Northey, W. F., Jr. (2002). Characteristics and clinical practices of marriage and family therapists: A national survey. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 28, 487-494.
16. Pinheiro, J., Bates, D., DebRoy, S., & Sarkar, D. (2005). nlme: Linear and nonlinear mixed effects models (R package Version 3.1- 64). Vienna, Austria: R Foundation for Statistical Computing. Available from http://www.r-project.org
17. Raftery, A. E. (1995). Bayesian model selection in social research (with discussion). In P. V. Marsden (Ed.), Sociological methodology 1995 (pp. 111-195). Cambridge, MA: Blackwell.
18. Raudenbush, S. W., & Bryk, A. S. (2002). Hierarchical linear models: Applications and data analysis methods. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
19. R Development Core Team. (2005). R: A language and environment for statistical computing. Vienna, Austria: R Foundation for Statistical Computing. Available from http://www.r-project.org
20. Schafer, J. L., & Graham, J. W. (2002). Missing data: Our view of the state of the art. Psychological Methods, 7, 147-177.
21. Shadish, W. R., & Baldwin, S. A. (2005). Effects of behavioral marital therapy: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73, 6-14.
22. Singer, J. D., & Willett, J. B. (2003). Applied longitudinal data analysis: Modeling change and event occurrence. New York: Oxford University Press.
23. Snijders, T. A. B., & Bosker, R. J. (1999). Multilevel analysis: An introduction to basic and advanced multilevel modeling. London: Sage.
24. Snyder, D. K. (1997). Marital Satisfaction Inventory - Revised (MSI-R) manual. Los Angeles, CA: Western Psychological Services.
25. Snyder, D. K., Wills, R. M., & Grady-Fletcher, A. (1991). Long-term effectiveness of behavioral versus insight-oriented marital therapy: A 4-year follow-up study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 59, 138-141.
26. Spanier, G. B. (1976). Measuring dyadic adjustment: New scales for assessing the quality of marriage and similar dyads. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 38, 15-28.
27. Sperry, L., Brill, P. L., Howard, K. I., & Grissom, G. R. (1996). Treatment outcomes in psychotherapy and psychiatric interventions. New York: Brunner/Mazel.
28. Weiss, R. L., & Cerreto, M. (1980). The Marital Status Inventory: Development of a measure of dissolution potential. The American Journal of Family Therapy, 8, 80-86.
29. Wimberly, J. D. (1998). An outcome study of integrative couples therapy delivered in a group format (Doctoral dissertation, University of Montana, 1997). Dissertation Abstracts International: Series B. The Physical Sciences and Engineering, 58(12), 6832B.