Exploring associations among baseline emotion regulation and change in relationship satisfaction among couples in a randomized controlled trial of emotionally focused therapy compared to usual care.

Autor: White VanBoxel JM; The Center for Applied Psychological and Family Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA., Miller DL; Community Mental Health for Central Michigan, Director of Family Services, Mt Pleasant, Michigan, USA., Morgan P; Human Development and Family Science, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA., Iqbal N; Psychology, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan., Edwards C; Human Development and Family Studies, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA., Wittenborn AK; Human Development and Family Studies, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.; Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Family process [Fam Process] 2024 Sep; Vol. 63 (3), pp. 1637-1654. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 10.
DOI: 10.1111/famp.12972
Abstrakt: Background: Data from a two-arm randomized controlled trial of emotionally focused therapy (EFT) compared to usual care were used to examine whether baseline emotion regulation influences relationship satisfaction for female and male partners. This is clinically relevant as clinicians have debated whether clients' initial emotion regulation skills predict positive outcomes in EFT.
Methods: Dyadic multilevel modeling was used to determine whether baseline emotion regulation predicted both initial levels and change in relationship satisfaction and whether that relationship differed by treatment group (i.e., EFT or usual care).
Results: Baseline emotion regulation difficulties were associated with lower initial relationship satisfaction. However, baseline emotion regulation difficulties were not associated with change in relationship satisfaction over the course of treatment and this relationship did not differ by treatment group.
Conclusions: Results demonstrate that partners with diverse presentations of emotion regulation at baseline may benefit from couple therapy.
(© 2024 The Authors. Family Process published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Family Process Institute.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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