Treatment of relationship dysfunction: An empirical evaluation of group and conjoint behavioral marital therapy.

Wilson, Gregory L.; Bornstein, Philip H.; Wilson, Laurie

doi:10.1037/0022-006x.56.6.929

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“…Additionally, if group premarital education were shown to be more effective, resources such as money and time could be saved (Wilson, Bornstein, & Wilson, 1988).…”

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Premarital Education: An Assessment of Program Efficacy*

McGeorge

Carlson

2006

Contemp Fam Ther

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a premarital educational program, with the secondary goal of determining if the structure (conjoint versus group) and the participants' gender influenced program effectiveness. Data were collected from 29 heterosexual couples. Couples were placed in one of three conditions:(1) premarital education in a group format, (2) premarital education as an individual couple, or (3) the comparison group (no premarital education). The goal of the 8-week intervention was to improve couples' readiness and preparation for marriage as measured by the PREP-M. The findings suggested that the educational program achieved its stated goal.

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“…Additionally, if group premarital education were shown to be more effective, resources such as money and time could be saved (Wilson, Bornstein, & Wilson, 1988).…”

Section: Independent Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Premarital Education: An Assessment of Program Efficacy*

McGeorge

Carlson

2006

Contemp Fam Ther

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“…Although considerable empirical support for various psychological treatments has been reported, few researchers have investigated the relative influence of therapy format on treatment outcome (Wilson, Bornstein, & Wilson, 1988; Wilson & Flammang, 1990; Wilson & Wilson, 1991). In terms of cost efficiency, group treatment offers a substantial pragmatic advantage over individual sessions.…”

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Group treatment of unipolar depression: A comparison of coping, supportive, bibliotherapy, and delayed treatment groups.

Wollersheim¹,

Wilson²

1991

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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Depressed outpatients (N = 32) participated in depression-focused treatment over an 11-week period and were assessed at pretreatment, posttreatment, and at a 6-month follow-up session. Patients were randomly assigned to group, bibliotherapy, and delayed treatment conditions. Statistical analyses and quantitative analyses of clinical significance demonstrated improvement for all conditions and maintenance of therapeutic gains at follow up. The investigation raises important questions concerning the necessary and sufficient conditions for alleviating depression.Affective disorders, particularly depression, are among the most common types of mental disorders in adults (Kaplan & Sadock, 1981;Rush, 1982). Treatments for depressive disorders may be broadly classified into pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy (Rush, Beck, Kovacs, Weissenberger, & Hollon, 1982). The scientific literature on the treatment of depression has been dominated by studies examining the efficacy of drug interventions. However, a growing body of empirical research evidence indicates that psychotherapeutic interventions, particularly cognitive-behavioral treatments, are equally effectiveperhaps even more effective than pharmacotherapy treatments. It may be that refinements in psychological treatment may provide clinicians with more effective alternatives to drug treatments (Wilson, in press). Steinbrueck, Maxwell, and Howard (1983) compared drug and psychological approaches in the treatment of unipolar depression in adults. The comparative effectiveness of drug therapy and psychotherapy was evaluated by means of a metaanalysis of 56 published outcome studies. The results suggested that psychotherapy was superior to drug therapy. In fact, the

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“…Because the GDS and DAS provide divergent estimates of treatment outcome, particularly for husbands, a number of suggestions can be made for their use. First, investigators evaluating marital therapy efficacy can continue to provide separate results from both measures, as has been done in prior reports of marital therapy outcome research (e.g., Jacobson et al, 1989; Whisman, 1990; Wilson et al, 1988). Second, as suggested elsewhere (Jacobson & Truax, 1991), the DAS and GDS can be combined to provide a composite measure of marital adjustment, similar to composite measures developed in other domains (e.g., Hollon et al, 1990).…”

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“…1 Until recently, the most commonly used global measures of marital adjustment have been the Marital Adjustment Test (MAT; Locke & Wallace, 1959) and the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS; Spanier, 1976). More recently, the Global Distress Scale (GDS) from the Marital Satisfaction Inventory (MSI; Snyder, 1981) has been included as a primary outcome measure in a number of outcome studies (e.g., Jacobson et al, 1989; Snyder & Wills, 1989; Snyder, Wills, & Grady-Fletcher, 1991; Whisman, 1990; Wilson, Bornstein, & Wilson, 1988). Unless it is known, however, that different measures of marital adjustment provide similar estimates of treatment efficacy, it is difficult to compare results of outcome studies that have been conducted in different settings with different dependent measures.…”

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Change in marital adjustment following marital therapy: A comparison of two outcome measures.

Whisman¹,

Jacobson²

1992

Psychological Assessment

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Comparability of treatment outcome as measured by the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) and the Global Distress Scale (GDS) was examined for 49 couples who completed a behavioral marital therapy program. The GDS provided a more conservative estimate of treatment efficacy, as assessed by (a) computed effect sizes based on couple, husband, and wife scores and (b) clinical significance statistics based on couple and husband scores. This difference was hypothesized to be due in part to items on the GDS that assess historical dissatisfaction with marriage that are not affected by treatment. The GDS, however, continued to provide a more conservative estimate of treatment outcome even after controlling for the historical items. Implications of gender differences and suggestions for future research are discussed.

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Treatment of relationship dysfunction: An empirical evaluation of group and conjoint behavioral marital therapy.

Cited by 26 publications

References 5 publications

Premarital Education: An Assessment of Program Efficacy*

Premarital Education: An Assessment of Program Efficacy*

Group treatment of unipolar depression: A comparison of coping, supportive, bibliotherapy, and delayed treatment groups.

Change in marital adjustment following marital therapy: A comparison of two outcome measures.

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