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Interpersonal Behavior In Couple Therapy: Concurrent And Prospective Associations With Depressive Symptoms And Relationship Distress, Lynne M. Knobloch-Fedders, Stephanie J. Wilson
Interpersonal Behavior In Couple Therapy: Concurrent And Prospective Associations With Depressive Symptoms And Relationship Distress, Lynne M. Knobloch-Fedders, Stephanie J. Wilson
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Objective: This study investigated associations between couples’ interpersonal behavior, depressive symptoms, and relationship distress over the course of couple psychotherapy. Method: After every other session of Integrative Systemic Therapy (M = 13 sessions), N = 100 individuals within 50 couples rated their in-session affiliation and autonomy behavior using the circumplex-based Structural Analysis of Social Behavior Intrex. Concurrent and prospective associations of interpersonal behavior with depressive symptoms and relationship distress were evaluated via multivariate multilevel modeling using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model. Results: An individual’s hostility, as well as the partner’s hostility, positively predicted an individual’s concurrent depressive symptoms and …
Battling On The Home Front: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder And Conflict Behavior Among Military Couples, Lynne M. Knobloch-Fedders, Catherine Caska-Walace, Timothy W. Smith, Keith Renshaw
Battling On The Home Front: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder And Conflict Behavior Among Military Couples, Lynne M. Knobloch-Fedders, Catherine Caska-Walace, Timothy W. Smith, Keith Renshaw
Psychology Faculty Research and Publications
This study evaluated interpersonal behavior differences among male military service members with and without PTSD and their female partners. Couples (N = 64) completed a 17-minute videotaped conflict discussion, and their interaction behavior was coded using the circumplex-based Structural Analysis of Social Behavior model (SASB; Benjamin, 1979, 1987, 2000). Within couples, the behavior of partners was very similar. Compared to military couples without PTSD, couples with PTSD displayed more interpersonal hostility and control. Couples with PTSD also exhibited more sulking, blaming, and controlling behavior, and less affirming and connecting behavior, than couples without PTSD. Results advance our understanding of …