Predicting Marital Therapy Dropouts* (original) (raw)

1991 Predicting Marital Therapy Dropouts.pdf

The purpose of this study was to predict therapy dropouts using data gathered at marital therapy intake. Intake data included standardized assessments and demographic information. The sample consisted of 4 74 couples who were seeking marital therapy and who attended at least one therapy session. Seventy-two couples met the dropout criteria, and a random sample of equal size was drawn from the rest of the couples for the analyses. Data from these two groups of couples were analyzed with multiple regression and discriminant analysis formulas. Three variables-having less than two children, having a mule intake clinician, and a presenting problem relating only to one spouse-were significant predictors in accounting for couples who would drop out of therapy. In the best model, high phobic anxiety scores for husbands and a presenting problem relating to parenting, along with the other three variables, produced a model that accurately classified 82% of the couples who dropped out of therapy.

Predicting divorce at marital therapy intake: A preliminary model

The American Journal of Family Therapy, 1995

The purpose qf this study was to predict divorce in a marital-distressed and the~apy-seeking population. The sample was from the case records of the Marriage nnd Famlly Therapy Clinic at Brigham Yoting University. Demogrnphic and psychological data as well as Marital Status Inventory (.MSI) and Marital Adjustment Test ( M A T ) scores were available for analysis. Statistical procedures successfully predicted mnrital status in a high percentage ofcases. The most importnntfindings were that wlves' variables were more important in divorce prediction than were htisbands'. In addition, marital quality was not found to be predictive of marital status.

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Predicting Divorce at Marital Therapy Intake: Wives' Distress and the Marital Status Inventory*

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1984

The Marital Status Inventory (MSI), a measure of divorce potential was given to couples in six independent samples. Scores from the five clinical sites and one marital enrichment sample (N = 241 couples) were used to provide adequate reliability, discriminant validity and predictive validity data. Compound probability for the five clinical sites supports the contention that, overall, wives' are more distressed than their husbands. The MSI was also able to identify couples who later divorced. However, the Guttman properties of the MSI, previously identified, were not replicated. Clinical implications of the higher wives' scores for prediction of divorce and marital therapy are discussed.

Behavioral marital therapy: An evaluation of treatment effects across high and low risk settings

Behavior Therapy, 1990

The present study examined the generalization of treatment effects of a cognitivebehavioral treatment program for marital distress. Following a baseline phase, each of four couples received two phases of marital therapy within a multiple baseline across subjects design. The first phase of treatment was behavioral marital therapy (BMT) focusing on communication and problem solving skills. The second phase was cognitivebehavioral marital therapy (CBMT) which focused on conflict management skills in high risk interactive settings at home. Couples' communication was assessed in a training setting in the clinic and each of two generalization probe settings at home (a low risk and a high risk) setting. The BMT phase produced a clear reduction in communication negativity in the training setting which generalized to both the low and the high risk setting. The CMBT phase produced little additional changes in communication, however, it was associated with changes on a measure of positive and negative partnerreferent thoughts.

Prediction of response to treatment in a randomized clinical trial of marital therapy

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2005

Many studies have examined pretreatment predictors of immediate posttreatment outcome, but few studies have examined prediction of long-term treatment response to couple therapies. Four groups of predictors (demographic, intrapersonal, communication, and other interpersonal) and 2 moderators (pretreatment severity and type of therapy) were explored as predictors of clinically significant change measured 2 years after treatment termination. Results demonstrated that power processes and expressed emotional arousal were the strongest predictors of 2-year response to treatment. Moderation analyses showed that these variables predicted differential treatment response to traditional versus integrative behavioral couple therapy and that more variables predicted 2-year response for couples who were less distressed when beginning treatment. Findings are discussed with regard to existing work on prediction of treatment response, and directions for further study are offered.

A component analysis of behavioral marital therapy: 1-year follow-up

Behaviour Research and Therapy, 1985

The present study provides I-yr follow-up data for a comparison between a complete behavioral marital therapy package (CO) and two of its major components, behavior exchange (BE) and communication:problem-solving training (CPT). each presented in isolation. Data are reported for 60 married couples who were randomly assigned to one of these three treatments or to a waiting-list control (WLC) group. Four doctoral candidates and one masters-level counselor served as therapists. All treatments involved 12-16 therapy sessions. The long-term effects of therapy were evaluated with measures of global marital satisfaction and presenting problem checklists. While BE couples tended to reverse their protress relative to those in the CO condition during the first 6 months following termination, statistically sigmficant differences between groups were no longer in evidence by the I-yr follow-up. However, couples treated with CO were most likely to be happily married and least likely to be separated or divorced.

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