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Self‐control in distressed couples: a pilot study
Author(s) -
Lange Alfred,
Barends Ellen,
Van Der Ende Jaro
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1111/1467-6427.00093
Subject(s) - anger , psychology , multiple baseline design , control (management) , protocol (science) , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , intervention (counseling) , medicine , computer science , psychiatry , artificial intelligence , alternative medicine , pathology
A protocol for the short treatment of fighting couples is described. The treatment consists of three training sessions in which homework assignments are given, aimed at enhancing self‐control. The participants received exact instructions on how to monitor their anger, to take time out and to write to the partner in a structured manner, instead of expressing their anger in the usual way. A pre‐/post‐pilot study with nineteen couples shows that the couples improve significantly more during the training than in the pre‐treatment baseline period. During the follow‐up phase, the improvements are maintained.