Differential assessment of financial and relationship distress: implications for couples therapy.
This study examined the role of financial conflicts, problem-solving communication deficits, and global relationship distress among couples in marital therapy and couples seeking assistance at a nonprofit agency providing financial counseling services. Analyses comparing these two groups of couples with each other and with a third group of couples from the general community yielded a two-component model for differential assessment and intervention with couples experiencing financial concerns. Differences in findings for husbands and wives provided additional implications for effective interventions with these couples.
Aniol
J C
JC
Texas A&M University, Department of Psychology, College Station 77843-4235, USA.
Snyder
D K
DK
D003142:Communication; D003376:Counseling; D004467:Economics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008388:Marital Therapy / Q000379:methods; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology*; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011340:Problem Solving