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Franks, Melissa M.; Shields, Cleveland G.; Lim, Eunjung; Sands, Laura P.; Mobley, Stacey; Boushey, Carol J. – Health Education & Behavior, 2012
Married men and women (N = 1,899 couples) reported readiness to eat a healthier diet, lose weight, and get more exercise (stage of change) and indicated whether they were confident to make these changes (self-efficacy). Husbands' and wives' reports of readiness to change each health behavior were positively associated. Furthermore, women who…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Health Behavior, Behavior Modification, Behavior Change
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Peterson, Brennan D.; Eifert, Georg H.; Feingold, Tal; Davidson, Sarah – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2009
Although the field of couple therapy has made significant strides in recent years, there continues to be a need for theoretically sound and empirically supported treatments. The current case study examines whether Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), an experiential acceptance-based behavior therapy, can be effective in treating distressed…
Descriptors: Marital Satisfaction, Negative Attitudes, Behavior Modification, Therapy
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O'Farrell, Timothy J.; Murphy, Christopher M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1995
Assessed the prevalence and frequency of marital violence for 88 male alcoholics and their wives at entry to and 1 year after completing a behavioral marital therapy (BMT) program. Although violence and prevalence decreased significantly after treatment, the alcoholics' drinking outcome status was associated with the extent of violence after BMT.…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Battered Women, Behavior Modification, Comparative Analysis
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Jacobson, Neil S.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1986
Attempted to identify predictors of positive treatment outcome following behavioral marital therapy. The only variable that significantly predicted outcome at both posttest and follow-up was a measure reflecting traditional affiliation/independence patterns: couples with a highly affiliative wife and a highly independent husband were less likely…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Marriage Counseling, Predictive Validity, Predictor Variables
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Wills, Robert M.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1987
Demonstrated that behavioral marital therapy (BMT) and insight-oriented marital therapy (IOMT) could be rendered in a distinct and uncontaminated fashion in manual-guided outcome research where therapists were crossed with treatment condition. BMT proved to be highly structured, with 93 percent of therapist interventions reflecting behavioral…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Counseling Techniques, Intervention, Marriage Counseling
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Christensen, Andrew; Atkins, David C.; Berns, Sara; Wheeler, Jennifer; Baucom, Donald H.; Simpson, Lorelei E. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2004
A randomized clinical trial compared the effects of traditional behavioral couple therapy (TBCT) and integrative behavioral couple therapy (IBCT) on 134 seriously and chronically distressed married couples, stratified into moderately and severely distressed groups. Couples in IBCT made steady improvements in satisfaction throughout the course of…
Descriptors: Therapy, Marriage Counseling, Marital Satisfaction, Behavior Modification
Cutter, Henry S. G.; And Others – 1990
This study evaluated whether alcoholics who receive relapse prevention (RP) sessions in the year after a short-term behavioral marital therapy (BMT) do better at long-term follow-up than do those not receiving the additional RP. Sixty couples with an alcoholic husband, after participating in 10 weekly BMT couples group sessions, were assigned…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Behavior Modification, Drinking, Marital Instability
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Baucom, Donald H.; Aiken, Pamela A. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1984
Explored the relationships among masculinity, femininity, and marital satisfaction, and response to behavioral marital therapy in married couples (N=126). Results indicated that for each sex, both femininity and masculinity are significantly correlated with self-reported marital satisfaction. (LLL)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Marital Satisfaction, Marriage Counseling, Self Concept
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Doss, Brian D.; Christensen, Andrew – Psychological Assessment, 2006
Despite the recent emphasis on acceptance in romantic relationships, no validated measure of relationship acceptance presently exists. To fill this gap, the 20-item Frequency and Acceptability of Partner Behavior Inventory (FAPBI; A. Christensen & N. S. Jacobson, 1997) was created to assess separately the acceptability and frequency of both…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Psychological Needs, Sexual Orientation, Marriage Counseling
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Broderick, Joan E.; O'Leary, K. Daniel – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1986
Examined the value of assessing affect and attitudes in addition to daily behavior in the prediction of marital satisfaction. Multiple regression analyses and semipartial correlations indicated that the affective and attitudinal variables accounted for more unique variance in marital satisfaction than did the behavioral variables. (Author/ABB)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Affective Measures, Attitudes, Behavior
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Baucom, Donald H.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1990
Investigated whether effectiveness of behavioral marital therapy would be increased by addition of cognitive restructuring and/or emotional expressiveness training for maritally distressed couples. Results from 60 such couples randomly assigned to a variety of treatment combinations revealed that the addition of cognitive restructuring and…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Marital Instability, Marriage Counseling
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Halford, W. Kim; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1993
Examined generalization of behavioral marital therapy (BMT) and enhanced behavioral marital therapy (EBMT), which added cognitive restructuring, affection exploration, and generalization training to BMT. Both techniques were effective in decreasing negative communication behaviors and cognitions across settings for couples (n=26), but there was…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Counseling Techniques, Foreign Countries
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Doss, Brian D.; Thum, Yeow Meng; Sevier, Mia; Atkins, David C.; Christensen, Andrew – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2005
In a sample of 134 married couples randomly assigned to traditional or integrative behavioral couple therapy (TBCT vs. IBCT), a multivariate hierarchical growth curve analysis using latent variable regression revealed that measures of communication, behavior frequency, and emotional acceptance acted as mechanisms of change. TBCT led to greater…
Descriptors: Therapy, Marriage Counseling, Spouses, Behavior Modification
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Jacobson, Neil S. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1984
Compared the relative effectiveness of behavioral marital therapy (BMT) with two of its major components, behavior exchange (BE) and communication/problem-solving training (CPT), in married couples seeking therapy (N=36). Results showed that complete BMT was no more effective than either BE or CPT at posttest. (LLL)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques, Interpersonal Communication
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Mehlman, Susan Kaplan; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1983
Evaluated the effectiveness of behavioral marital therapy (BMT) in aiding distressed couples (N=30) and explored the relative effectiveness of cotherapists versus single therapist. Results affirmed the overall effectiveness of BMT. A cotherapy team and a single therapist were equally effective. No differences were found between immediate therapy…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Cocounseling, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques
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