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MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING AS AN INTERVENTION FOR AT‐RISK COUPLES
Author(s) -
Cordova James V.,
Warren Lisa Zepeda,
Gee Christina B.
Publication year - 2001
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.1752-0606.2001.tb00327.x
Subject(s) - motivational interviewing , intervention (counseling) , attractiveness , psychology , distress , clinical psychology , interview , medicine , psychiatry , political science , psychoanalysis , law
Thirty-one couples participated in a pilot, motivational interviewing, intervention for at-risk couples called the Marriage Checkup (MC). The MC consisted of thorough relationship assessment and individualized feedback. It attracted substantial numbers of at-risk couples who were not otherwise seeking treatment. Partners' marital satisfaction improved significantly from pre- to post-check-up and remained improved at 1-month follow up. Partners were no longer significantly different from a non-distressed comparison group following intervention. Although not addressing the efficacy of the MC, this study supports its viability as an indicated preventive intervention with couples at-risk for severe marital distress by addressing its attractiveness, tolerability, and safety.