Therapeutically induced changes in couple identity: the role of we-ness and interpersonal processing in relationship satisfaction
| Autor: | David W. Reid, Faye K. Doell, Kristine Laderoute, E. Jane Dalton, Thao Nguyen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Relationship satisfaction
Adult Male Social Psychology End of therapy Psychology Clinical Identity (social science) Single group Interpersonal communication Personal Satisfaction Developmental psychology Couples Therapy Developmental and Educational Psychology Humans Interpersonal Relations Marriage Spouses General Psychology Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged Self Concept Construal level theory Female Psychology Clinical psychology Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Genetic, social, and general psychology monographs. 132(3) |
| ISSN: | 8756-7547 |
| Popis: | Changes in partners' sense of self-in-relationship, which a systemic-constructivist couple therapy (SCCT) induced, led to robust improvement in satisfaction in 2 studies and a follow-up study. In each study, 13 referred couples completed measures of satisfaction, mutuality, similarities, and other-in-self construal pre-post 12 hours of SCCT. The authors reliably coded transcripts of 1st and final sessions for each partner's we-ness, the identity that each partner establishes in relationship to the other. Having met the criteria for the rigorous study of change in single group process-outcome design, changes in we-ness accompanied large posttherapy dyadic increments on all variables in each study. Therapeutic gains appeared at follow-up and correlated with increased we-ness obtained at end of therapy 2 years earlier. The authors raise theoretical implications for all types of couple therapies and explain clinical techniques. |
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