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Controlled Trial of Cognitive Marital Therapy in Severe Marital Discord

ABSTRACT: Forty-one couples with severe marital discord participated in a controlled trial conducted to evaluate whether a form of marital therapy that is designed to enhance marital intimacy through facilitating self-disclosure of personal constructs was effective. The study found that couples subjectively reported improvement as a consequence of participating in marital therapy, and couples in therapy showed a significant reduction in symptoms of nonpsychotic emotional illness. There was a significant pattern of improvement for wives in the therapy group.



Authors: Edward M. Waring , Claudia M. Carver , Carol A. Stalker, Maria Z. Gitta
University Hospital London , Ontario

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