1985/07/01 by Susan M. Johnson, Leslie S. Greenberg · 2 citations
Psychology · #Attachment and Relationship Dynamics #Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications #Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development #Complaint #Marital Therapy #Psychology #Waiting period #Clinical psychology #Outcome (game theory) #Developmental psychology #Psychotherapist
paper · doi:10.1111/j.1752-0606.1985.tb00624.x
openalex publication_date 1985/07/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/07
In a within‐subjects design in which couples acted as their own controls, assessment was completed at four times: at the time of intial contact, after an eight‐week waiting period, after eight sessions of Emotionally Focused Marital Therapy, and at an eight‐week follow‐up. Couples reported no significant changes on measures of dyadic adjustment, intimacy, target complaint reduction and goal attainment after the waiting period, but significant changes were found after treatment.