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Change In Relationship Satisfaction Among Veterans In Couple Therapy, Grace Boyers Mckee
Change In Relationship Satisfaction Among Veterans In Couple Therapy, Grace Boyers Mckee
Psychology Theses and Dissertations
Approximately two-thirds of Americans will live with a romantic partner at some point in their lives, and 75% of individuals marry by age 30. Unfortunately, relationship dissatisfaction is a common occurrence, with as many as one-third of couples reporting relationship distress. Although many forms of couple therapy are effective for improving relationship satisfaction and reduces the risk of divorce among distressed couples, no one form of couple therapy has clearly been established as superior. Moreover, relatively little is known about how and why couple therapy has its effects. Improved understanding of what change may occur, as well as common trajectories …