Behaviorally-based couple therapies reduce emotional arousal during couple conflict

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 72, Issue , 2015, Pages 49-55

  Baucom, Brian R ^a   Sheng, Elisa ^b   Christensen, Andrew ^c   Georgiou, Panayiotis G ^d   Narayanan, Shrikanth S ^d   Atkins, David C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

Couple therapy; Emotional arousal; Fundamental frequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SPEECH; SPOUSE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SPOUSES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84937022150     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2015.06.015     Document Type: Article

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