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Behavior Modification in Marital Conflict: A Case Report
Author(s) -
HICKOK JAMES E.,
KOMECHAK MARILYN GILBERT
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1974.00111.x
Subject(s) - spouse , psychology , social psychology , function (biology) , token economy , marital therapy , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , reinforcement , sociology , evolutionary biology , anthropology , biology
The ability of marital partners to directly change an unhappy marriage to a happy one may be a function of each individual's conscious awareness of the topography, frequency, and other parameters of his own behavior, as well as his awareness of the consequences these behaviors have on his spouse. This paper reports an attempt to combine the use of relevant behavioral awareness and a token economy to rehabilitate a marriage in crisis. An initial two‐month follow‐up indicated, both from the data and the couples' subjective report, that the relationship was now much more reinforcing and both partners were satisfied with the marriage.