Psychology
The marriage checkup: An indicated preventive intervention for treatment-avoidant couples at risk for marital deterioration
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Prior to dissolution, it is likely that couples that become severely distressed first pass through an at-risk stage in which they experience early symptoms of marital deterioration but have not yet suffered irreversible damage to their marriage. It is during this "at-risk" stage when couples might benefit most from early intervention. In response to this need we have developed an indicated intervention program called the Marriage Checkup (MC) based on the principles of motivational interviewing. The current randomized study provides preliminary evidence for the attractiveness, tolerability, efficacy, and mechanisms of change of the MC. © 2005 Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy.
Publication Title
Behavior Therapy
Publication Date
12-1-2005
Volume
36
Issue
4
First Page
301
Last Page
309
ISSN
0005-7894
DOI
10.1016/S0005-7894(05)80112-1
Keywords
marital relations, marital conflict, married people, interviewing, marriage
Repository Citation
Cordova, James V.; Scott, Rogina L.; Dorian, Marina; Mirgain, Shilagh; Yaeger, Daniel; and Groot, Alison, "The marriage checkup: An indicated preventive intervention for treatment-avoidant couples at risk for marital deterioration" (2005). Psychology. 61.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_psychology/61