THERAPIST COMMON FACTORS’ INFLUENCE ON CLIENT CONSTRUCTIVE COMMUNICATION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN COUPLE THERAPY

dc.contributor.advisorEpstein, Norman Ben_US
dc.contributor.authorHarbison, Lizaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentFamily Studiesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-17T06:28:01Z
dc.date.available2018-07-17T06:28:01Z
dc.date.issued2018en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated the relationship between therapist common factors behaviors and changes in client constructive communication during couple therapy. Research suggests that common factors are associated with client improvement, but research on these factors in couple therapy is lacking. This study was a secondary data analysis of 41 couples presenting with mild to moderate psychological and physical partner aggression who received ten sessions of couple therapy at a university family therapy clinic. The study examined the relationship between therapist collaborative behavior and use of systemically based techniques coded from the fourth couple therapy session, and changes in client constructive communication, measured by client cognitions during conflict, client and partner behavior during conflict, and video coding of couple communication. Minimal significant links were found, but unexpectedly, therapist use of systemic techniques was negatively associated with change in female constructive problem solving cognitions. Implications of these findings are discussed.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2NS0M19Q
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/21046
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledTherapyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcollaborationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcommon factorsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcommunicationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcouple therapyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledpsychotherapyen_US
dc.titleTHERAPIST COMMON FACTORS’ INFLUENCE ON CLIENT CONSTRUCTIVE COMMUNICATION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN COUPLE THERAPYen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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