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- Title
Adapting Behavioural Marital Therapy to the Needs of a Secondary Marriage: A Case Evaluation.
- Authors
Kelly, Adrian; Halford, W. Kim
- Abstract
This paper describes and evaluates the adaption of Behavioural Marital Therapy (BMT) to the needs of a couple in a secondary marriage (the husband was in his second marriage and brought three dependent children to this marriage). The couple presented with specific difficulties in negotiating parenting roles within the reconstituted family. BMT focused on promoting adaptive cognitions, affect and communication when discussing this specific issue. Evaluation used a multiple probe design assessing self-monitored stressful interactions about parenting, and daily marital satisfaction. Results showed significant reductions in the intensity and frequency of arguments from pre- to post-therapy, and increases in marital satisfaction. These gains were maintained at follow-up. Discussion focuses on future directions for adapting BMT to problems particular to secondary marriages.
- Publication
Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy, 1993, Vol 21, Issue 2, p115
- ISSN
1352-4658
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0141347300018085