MARITAL & FAMILY THERAPIES
Psychology 473/573, Spring 2000Readings in Theory, Assessment, and Intervention
ContentsSECTION I: BACKGROUND CONCEPTIONS OF MARITAL QUALITY AND INTERACTION
A. The Social, Theoretical, and Methodological Contexts of Marital
Satisfaction and Adjustment1. 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 Press15. 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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