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MARITAL & FAMILY THERAPIES
Psychology 473/573, Spring 2000
Readings in Theory, Assessment, and Intervention
Contents
SECTION I: BACKGROUND CONCEPTIONS OF MARITAL QUALITY AND INTERACTION

    A. The Social, Theoretical, and Methodological Contexts of Marital
            Satisfaction and Adjustment
           1. Brehm, S. S. (1992). Relationships today. In S. S. Brehm,
                Intimate relationships, (2nd ed.) (pp. 3-29). New York: McGraw Hill.
           2. Karney, B. & Bradbury, T. (1995). The longitudinal course of
                   marital quality and stability: A review of theory, method, and
                   research. Psychological Bulletin, 118, 3-34.
     B. Models of Marital Adjustment
      ( i) Individual Focus
             3. Sperry, L., & Carlson, J. (1991). Psychoanalytic approaches to marital
                           therapy. In L.Sperry and J. Carlson. Marital Therapy. (pp. 59-
                           77). Denver: Love Publishing.
       (ii) Dyadic/Cognitive Focus
            4. Halford, W. K., Sanders, M. & Behrens, B. (1994.) Self-Regulation in
                           behavioral couples' therapy. Behavior Therapy, 25, 431-452.
      (iii) Systems and Social Psychological Focus
             5. Goldenberg, I, & Goldenberg, H. (1991). The family as a psychosocial
                          system. In Irene Goldenberg and Herbert Goldenberg. Family
                         therapy: an overview. (pp. 33-49). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

SECTION II. ASSESSMENT OF INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS

    A. Conceptual and Methodological Issues
             6. Floyd, F. J., Haynes, S. N., & Kelly, S. (1997). Marital assessment: a
                        dynamic functional approach. In K. . Halford and H. J. Markman
                        (Eds.) Clinical handbook of marriage and couples interventions.
                        (pp. 349-377). New York: Wiley.
     B. Measures of Marital Satisfaction and Adjustment
      ( i) Self-report
             7. Vaughn, M. J., & M. E. M. Baier. (1999). Reliability and validity of
                        the relationship assessment scale. The American Journal of
                      Family Therapy. 27, 137-147.
      (ii) Observational Methods
          8. Weiss, R. L. & Heyman, R. E. (1990). Observation of marital
                     interaction. In F.D. Fincham and T.N. Bradbury (Eds. The
                     psychology of marriage: basic issues and applications. (pp.
                     87-117). New York:   Guilford.
        9. Buehlman,K. T., Gottman, J. M., & Katz, L. F. (1992). How a
                   couple views their past predicts their future: Predicting divorcers
                   from an oral history interview. Journal of Family Psychology, 9,
                   295-318.

SECTION III: MARITAL THERAPIES

A. Overview of Marital and Family Therapies
      10. O'Donohue, W.,& Crouch, Julie L. (1996). Marital therapy and
                gender-linked factors in communication. Journal of Marital and
                Family Therapy, 22, 87-101.
     11. Dattilio, F. M., Epstein, N. B., & Baucom, D. H. (1998). An introduction
                to cognitive-behavioral therapy with couples. In Frank M. Dattilo (ed.)
                Case studies in couple and family therapy.(pp 1-36). New York:
                 Guilford Press.
      12. Johnson, Susan M., & Talitman, E. (1997). Predictors of success in
                 emotionally focusedmarital therapy. Journal of Marital and
                 Family Therapy, 23, 135-152.
      13. Cordova, J. V., Jacobson, N. J., & Christensen, A. (1998).
                 Acceptance versus change interventions in behavioral couple
                  therapy: Impact on in-session communication. Journal of Marital
                  and Family Therapy, 24, 437-455.

SECTION IV: SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF MARRIAGE

       14. O’Leary, K. D., & Cascardi, M. (1998) Physical aggression in marriage:
                     a developmental analysis. In Thomas N. Bradbury (Ed.) The
                    developmental course of marital dysfunction. (pp.343-374).
                    UK:Cambridge University Press
        15. Beach, S. R., Smith, D. A., & Fincham, F. (1994). Marital interventions
                   for depression: Empirical foundations and future prospects. Applied
                   and Preventive Psychology, 3, 233-250.

SECTION V: OUTCOME EVALUATION OF MARITAL THERAPIES

           16. Dunn, R. L. & Schwebel, A. L. (1995). Meta-analytic review of
                    marital therapy outcome research. Journal of Family
                    Psychology, 9, 58-69.

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