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MARITAL SATISFACTION AND SOCIAL LEARNING FAMILY THERAPY FOR CHILD CONDUCT PROBLEMS: GENERALIZATION OF TREATMENT EFFECTS
Author(s) -
Sayger Thomas V.,
Horne Arthur M.,
Glaser Brian A.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1993.tb01001.x
Subject(s) - family therapy , psychology , generalization , depression (economics) , marital status , clinical psychology , marital therapy , developmental psychology , psychiatry , medicine , mathematical analysis , population , mathematics , environmental health , economics , macroeconomics
Successful treatment outcome and maintenance for families with aggressive children by means of social learning family therapy were reported by Sayger, Horne, Walker, and Passmore (1988). The present study examined the generalization of treatment effects to the child's classroom, the parental level of marital satisfaction, the general family relationship environment, and the parental level of depression. Results of this study show that teachers reported improved child behavior following treatment. Parental level of marital satisfaction was increased and sustained for those parents who were experiencing low levels of marital satisfaction prior to treatment. The participating families also became more cohesive and expressive, and less conflictual. Although pretreatment levels of parental depression were moderately low, these levels were alleviated.