Predicting Divorce at Marital Therapy Intake: Wives' Distress and the Marital Status Inventory* (original) (raw)

1995 Predicting Divorce at Marital Therapy Intake a Preliminary Model.pdf

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.

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.

1984 Prediciting Divorce at Marital Therapy Intake-Wives Distress and the MSI.pdf

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.

Models of Divorce Therapy: An Overview

American Journal of Psychotherapy, 1986

This paper provides an overview of the rapidly growing area of divorce therapy and describes three models that are currently used by clinicians: psychotherapy only, divorce mediation, and conciliation court intervention. Some tentative conclusions are drawn regarding the efficacy of each of these different models. Potential applications and training recommendations related to this area are also provided.