title: Long-term effectiveness of behavioral versus insight-oriented marital therapy: a 4-year follow-up study.
abstract: Four-year follow-up data regarding marital status and marital accord were obtained for 59 couples receiving either behavioral (BMT) or insight-oriented (IOMT) marital therapy in a controlled outcome study. Although no significant group differences had been observed between the 2 treatment conditions at either termination or 6-month follow-up, by 4-year follow-up a significantly higher percentage of BMT couples had experienced divorce (38% for BMT couples compared with 3% for IOMT couples). Results are compared with previous outcome research in this area, and recommendations are made for further research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843-4235.
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Snyder
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Wills
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grady-Fletcher
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004243:Divorce; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008388:Marital Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D008393:Marriage; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*