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  • Title: A randomized clinical trial of cognitive marital therapy.
    Author: Waring EM, Carver C, Stalker CA, Fry R, Schaefer B.
    Journal: J Sex Marital Ther; 1990; 16(3):165-80. PubMed ID: 2246794.
    Abstract:
    Thirty-three couples with severe marital discord referred to a psychiatric outpatient department were randomly assigned to Cognitive Marital Therapy or a control group. Cognitive Marital Therapy is a brief, structured couple therapy, which involves spouses in reciprocal self-disclosure of personal constructs. The control group received the same number of sessions of self-disclosure from a programmed marital enhancement text. Personal distress, marital adjustment, marital quality, and aspects of self-disclosure were measured before and after treatment. Symptoms of depression as well as somatic and compulsive complaints showed significant improvement in both groups. The wives exhibited a trend suggesting that they were making more self-disclosures to their spouses after counseling. No discernable differences in outcome were found between the marital therapy group and the control group. Marital intimacy and marital satisfaction did not improve significantly over the course of 10 therapy sessions. This study suggests that the role of self-disclosure in marital therapy needs further clarification.
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