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Direct linkBaucom, Katherine J. W.; Baucom, Brian R.; Christensen, Andrew – Psychological Assessment, 2012
We examined the utility of naive ratings of communication patterns and relationship quality in a large sample of distressed couples. Untrained raters assessed 10-min videotaped interactions from 134 distressed couples who participated in both problem-solving and social support discussions at each of 3 time points (pre-therapy, post-therapy, and…
Descriptors: Therapy, Marriage Counseling, Marriage, Personality Traits
South, Susan C.; Doss, Brian D.; Christensen, Andrew – Family Relations, 2010
Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT) posits that emotional reactions to a partner's behavior can be as important to the relationship as the behavior itself. This study examined whether acceptance (a) is distinct from relationship sentiment, (b) mediates the link between a partner's behavioral frequency and own relationship satisfaction,…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Role, Therapy, Emotional Response
Christensen, Andrew; Atkins, David C.; Baucom, Brian; Yi, Jean – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2010
Objective: To follow distressed married couples for 5 years after their participation in a randomized clinical trial. Method: A total of 134 chronically and seriously distressed married couples were randomly assigned to approximately 8 months of either traditional behavioral couple therapy (TBCT; Jacobson & Margolin, 1979) or integrative…
Descriptors: Marital Status, Marital Satisfaction, Effect Size, Therapy
Christensen, Andrew; Atkins, David C.; Yi, Jean; Baucom, Donald H.; George, William H. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
Follow-up data across 2 years were obtained on 130 of 134 couples who were originally part of a randomized clinical trial comparing traditional versus integrative behavioral couple therapy (TBCT vs. IBCT; A. Christensen et al., 2004). Both treatments produced similar levels of clinically significant improvement at 2 years posttreatment (69% of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Therapy, Marital Satisfaction, Marriage Counseling
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
Communication, Conflict, and Psychological Distance in Nondistressed, Clinic, and Divorcing Couples.
Peer reviewedChristensen, Andrew; Shenk, James L. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1991
Compared communications patterns and conflicts over psychological distance in 25 nondistressed couples, 15 clinic couples, and 22 divorcing couples. Compared with nondistressed couples, both distressed groups had less mutual constructive communication, more avoidance of communication, more demand/withdraw communication, and more conflict over…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication (Thought Transfer), Comparative Analysis, Conflict
