Individual distress and dyadic adjustment over the course of couple therapy and three-year follow-up: A replication study

References

• Atkins, D. C., Dimidjian, S., Bedics, J. D., & Christensen, A. (2009). Couple discord and depression in couples during couple therapy and in depressed individuals during depression treatment. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77, 1089–1099. doi: 10.1037/a0017119
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Barbato, A., & D’Avanzo, B. (2008). Efficacy of couple therapy as treatment for depression: A meta-analysis. Psychiatric Quarterly, 79, 121–132. doi: 10.1007/s11126-008-9068-0
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Baucom, D. H., Halhweg, K., & Kuschel, A. (2003). Are waiting-list control groups needed in future marital therapy outcome research? Behavior Therapy, 34, 179–188. doi: 10.1016/S0005-7894(03)80012-6
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Beach, S. R. H., & Gupta, M. E. (2005). Marital discord in the context of a depressive episode: Research on efficacy and effectiveness. In W. M. Pinsof & J. L. Lebow (Eds.), Family psychology: The art of the science (pp. 451–470). New York: Oxford University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Beck, A. T., Steer, R., & Brown, G. (1995). Beck depression inventory-II manual. San Antonio, TX: The Psychological Corporation.
   Google Scholar
• Carr, A. (2014). The evidence base for couple therapy, family therapy and systemic interventions for adult-focused problems. Journal of Family Therapy, 36, 158–194. doi: 10.1111/1467-6427.12033
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Christensen, A., Atkins, D. C., Baucom, B., & Yi, J. (2010). Marital status and satisfaction five years following a randomized clinical trial comparing traditional versus integrative behavioral couple therapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 78, 225–235. doi: 10.1037/a0018132
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Christensen, A., Atkins, D. C., Berns, S., Wheeler, J., Baucom, D. H., & Simpson, L. E. (2004). Traditional versus integrative behavioral couple therapy for significantly and chronically distressed married couples. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72, 176–191. doi: 10.1037/0022-006X.72.2.176
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Christensen, A., Atkins, D. C., Yi, J., Baucom, D. H., & George, W. H. (2006). Couple and individual adjustment for 2 years following a randomized clinical trial comparing traditional versus integrative behavioral couple therapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74, 1180–1191. doi: 10.1037/0022-006X.74.6.1180
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Christensen, A., & Heavey, C. L. (1999). Interventions for couples. Annual Review of Psychology, 50, 165–190. doi: 10.1146/annurev.psych.50.1.165
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cluxton-Keller, F., Priest, J. B., & Denton, W. H. (2015). Couple communication patterns as predictors of major depressive disorder symptoms: An exploratory study. The American Journal of Family Therapy, 43, 395–412. doi: 10.1080/01926187.2015.1070700
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cohen, S., O’Leary, K. D., & Foran, H. (2010). A randomized clinical trial of a brief, problem-focused couple therapy for depression. Behavior Therapy, 41, 433–446. doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2009.11.004
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Curran, P. J., & Bauer, D. J. (2011). The disaggregation of within-person and between-person effects in longitudinal models of change. Annual Review of Psychology, 62, 583–619. doi: 10.1146/annurev.psych.093008.100356
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• de Maat, S., Dekker, J., Schoevers, R., & de Jonghe, F. (2006). Relative efficacy of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy in the treatment of depression: A meta-analysis. Psychotherapy Research, 16, 566–578. doi: 10.1080/10503300600756402
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Doss, B. D., Mitchell, A., Georgia, E. J., Biesen, J. N., & Rowe, L. S. (2015). Improvements in closeness, communication, and psychological distress mediate effects of couple therapy for veterans. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 83, 405–415. doi: 10.1037/a0038541
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dunlap, W. P., Cortina, J. M., Vaslow, J. B., & Burke, M. J. (1996). Meta-analysis of experiments with matched groups or repeated measures designs. Psychological Methods, 1, 170–177. doi: 10.1037/1082-989X.1.2.170
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dunn, R. L., & Schwebel, A. I. (1995). Meta-analytic review of marital therapy outcome research. Journal of Family Psychology, 9, 58–68. doi: 10.1037/0893-3200.9.1.58
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Engel, G. L. (1977). The need for a new medical model: A challenge for biomedicine. Science, 196, 129–136. doi: 10.1126/science.847460
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fitzmaurice, G. M., Laird, N. M., & Ware, J. H. (2004). Applied longitudinal analysis. Hoboken: Wiley-Interscience. doi: 10.1002/sim.2924
   Google Scholar
• Gabriel, B., Bodenmann, G., & Beach, S. R. H. (2016). Gender differences in observed and perceived stress and coping in couples with a depressed partner. Open Journal of Depression, 5, 7–20. doi: 10.4236/ojd.2016.52002
   Google Scholar
• Gupta, M., Coyne, J. C., & Beach, S. R. H. (2003). Couples treatment for major depression: Critique of the literature and suggestion for some different directions. Journal of Family Therapy, 25, 317–346. doi: 10.1111/1467-6427.00253
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gurman, A. S. (2008). A framework for the comparative study of couple therapy. History, models, and applications. In A. S. Gurman (Ed.), Clinical handbook of couple therapy (pp. 1–26). New York: The Guilford Press.
   Google Scholar
• Gurman, A. S. (2011). Couple therapy research and the practice of couple therapy: Can we talk? Family Process, 50, 280–292. doi: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2011.01360.x
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gurman, A. S. (2015). The theory and practice of couple therapy. In A. S. Gurman, J. L. Lebow, & D. K. Snyder (Eds.), Clinical handbook of couple therapy (5th ed., pp. 1–18). New York: The Guilford Press.
   Google Scholar
• Halford, W. K., Hayes, S., Christensen, A., Lambert, M., Baucom, D. H., & Atkins, D. C. (2012). Toward making progress feedback an effective common factor in couple therapy. Behavior Therapy, 43, 49–60. doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2011.03.005
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Heatherington, L., Friedlander, M. L., Diamond, G. M., Escudero, V., & Pinsof, W. M. (2015). 25 years of systemic therapies research: Progress and promise. Psychotherapy Research, 25, 348–364. doi: 10.1080/10503307.2014.983208
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Heene, E., Buysse, A., & Van Oost, P. (2005). Indirect pathways between depressive symptoms and marital distress: The role of conflict communication, attributions, and attachment style. Family Process, 44, 413–440. doi: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2005.00070.x
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kronmüller, K.-T., Backenstrass, M., Victor, D., Postelnicu, I., Schenkenbach, C., Joest, K., … Mundt, C. (2011). Quality of marital relationship and depression: Results of a 10-year prospective follow-up study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 128, 64–71. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2010.06.026
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lambert, M. J. (2013). The efficacy and effectiveness of psychotherapy. In M. J. Lambert (Ed.), Bergin and Garfield’s handbook of psychotherapy and behavior change (6th ed., pp. 169–218). New York: Wiley.
   Google Scholar
• Larner, G. (2004). Family therapy and the politics of evidence. Journal of Family Therapy, 26, 17–39. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6427.2004.00265.x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• MacFarlane, M. M. (2003). Systemic treatment of depression: An integrative approach. Journal of Family Psychology, 14, 43–61. doi: 10.1300/J085v14n01_05
   Google Scholar
• Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (1990). Sex differences in depression. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Novak, J. R., Sandberg, J. G., & Davis, S. Y. (2016). The role of attachment behaviors in the link between relationship satisfaction and depression in clinical couples: Implications for clinical practice. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 43(2), 352–363. doi: 10.1111/jmft.12201
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Orth-Gomér, K., & Leineweber, C. (2005). Multiple stressors and coronary disease in women. The Stockholm female coronary risk study. Biological Psychology, 69, 57–66. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2004.11.005
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pinsof, W. M. (1995). Integrative program-centered therapy. A synthesis of family, individual, and biological therapies. New York: Basic Books.
   Google Scholar
• Powers, M. B., Vedel, E., & Emmelkamp, P. M. G. (2008). Behavioral couples therapy (BCT) for alcohol and drug use disorders: A meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 28(6), 952–962. doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2008.02.002
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Schafer, J. L., & Graham, J. W. (2002). Missing data: Our view of the state of the art. Psychological Methods, 7, 147–177. doi: 10.1037/1082-989X.7.2.147
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Schmidt, S. (2009). Shall we really do it again? The powerful concept of replication is neglected in social sciences. Review of General Psychology, 13, 90–100. doi: 10.1037/a0015108
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sexton, T. L., Alexander, J. F., & Mease, A. L. (2004). Levels of evidence for the models and mechanisms of therapeutic change in family and couple therapy. In M. J. Lambert (Ed.), Bergin and Garfield’s handbook of psychotherapy and behavior change (5th ed., pp. 590–646). New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
   Google Scholar
• Sexton, T. L., Datchi, C., Evans, L., LaFollette, J., & Wright, L. (2013). The effectiveness of couple and family-based clinical interventions. In M. J. Lambert (Ed.), Bergin and Garfield’s handbook of psychotherapy and behavior change (6th ed., pp. 587–639). New York: Wiley.
   Google Scholar
• Shin, T., Davison, M. L., & Long, J. D. (2017). Maximum likelihood versus multiple imputation for missing data in small longitudinal samples with nonnormality. Psychological Methods, 22, 426–449. doi: 10.1037/met0000094
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sluzki, C. E. (2007). Interfaces: Toward a new generation of systemic models in family therapy research and practice. Family Process, 46, 173–184. doi: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2007.00202.x
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Snyder, D. K. (1997). Marital satisfaction inventory – revised (MSI-R) manual. Los Angeles, CA: Western Psychological Services.
   Google Scholar
• Snyder, D. K., & Halford, W. K. (2012). Evidence-based couple therapy: Current status and future directions. Journal of Family Therapy, 34, 229–249. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6427.2012.00599.x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Snyder, D. K., & Whisman, M. A. (2003). Understanding psychopathology and couple dysfunction. Implications for clinical practice, training, and research. In M. A. Whisman & D. K. Snyder (Eds.), Treating difficult couples. Helping clients with coexisting mental and relationship disorders (pp. 419–438). New York: The Guilford Press.
   Google Scholar
• Spanier, G. B. (1976). Measuring dyadic adjustment: New scales for assessing the quality of marriage and similar dyads. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 38, 15–28. doi: 10.2307/350547
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Spanier, G. B. (2001). Dyadic adjustment scale (DAS). User’s manual. New York: Multi-Health Systems Inc.
   Google Scholar
• Sytema, S., & Bout, J. (2006). Treatment outcome of an inpatient group therapy for couples. Journal of Family Therapy, 28, 392–403. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6427.2006.00360.x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Theisen, M. (2013). Short- and long-term course of therapy after couple therapy. A replication study. [Norwegian]. (Master’s thesis). University of Oslo. Retrieved from http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-37839
   Google Scholar
• Thuen, F. (2004). The life as part-time-parents. [Norwegian]. Bergen: Fagbokforlaget.
   Google Scholar
• Tilden, T. (2008). Integrative practice: Presentation of an in-patient family therapy program. Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 19, 379–403. doi: 10.1080/08975350802475106
   Google Scholar
• Tilden, T., Gude, T., & Hoffart, A. (2010a). The course of dyadic adjustment and depressive symptoms during and after couples therapy: A prospective follow-up study of inpatient treatment. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 36(1), 43–58. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2009.00187.x
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tilden, T., Gude, T., Hoffart, A., & Sexton, H. (2010b). Individual distress and dyadic adjustment of a three-year follow-up period in couple therapy: A bi-directional relationship? Journal of Family Therapy, 32, 119–141. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6427.2010.00490.x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wampold, B. E., & Imel, Z. E. (2015). The great psychotherapy debate: The research evidence for what works in psychotherapy (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Routledge.
   Google Scholar
• Wang, L., & Maxwell, S. E. (2015). On disaggregating between-person and within-person effects with longitudinal data using multilevel models. Psychological Methods, 20, 63–83. doi: 10.1037/met0000030
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Whiffen, V. E., & Aube, J. A. (1999). Personality, interpersonal context and depression in couples. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 16, 369–383. doi: 10.1177/0265407599163005
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Whisman, M. A., & Beach, S. R. H. (2015). Couple therapy and depression. In A. S. Gurman, J. L. Lebow, & D. K. Snyder (Eds.), Clinical handbook of couple therapy (5th ed, pp. 585–605). New York: The Guilford Press.
   Google Scholar
• Whisman, M. A., Whiffen, V. E., & Whiteford, N. (2009). Couples therapy for depression. In J. H. Bray & M. Stanton (Eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of family psychology (pp. 650–660). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
   Google Scholar