Marital conflict and marital intimacy: an integrative psychodynamic-behavioral-systemic model.
A conceptual model of some of the intrapsychic and interpersonal forces that stimulate and maintain repetitive, nonproductive marital conflict behavior is presented. In this model, concepts derived from psychoanalytic and social-learning theory and integrated within a family systems framework. Implications for conjoint therapy with conflictual couples are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D004325:Dreams; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008388:Marital Therapy; D008393:Marriage; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology