{"title":"The Interplay Between Relationship Dissatisfaction and Individual Symptoms: Insights From Dyadic Analyses","authors":"Terje Tilden, Solveig Tilden, Johanne Elise Bakke Bæverfjord, Jesper Dammeyer, Sverre Urnes Johnson, Kristoffer J. Whittaker","doi":"10.1111/jmft.70039","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div>\n \n <p>Clients seeking couple therapy often experience a blend of individual psychiatric symptoms and severe relationship distress. In a study among 150 heterosexual couples within residential couple therapy in Norway, the aim was to investigate the relationship between individual and relationship distress. The research questions addressed the predictive associations between initial and termination levels of individual and relational distress. By the use of dyadic analysis, the findings identified actor and partner effects. Overall, the results revealed that the level of relational distress at the start of therapy predicted the change in individual psychiatric symptoms more than the opposite direction. No gender differences were revealed. The clinical implications suggest that addressing interventions that strengthen dyadic satisfaction and family functioning is beneficial.</p>\n </div>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":"51 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of marital and family therapy","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jmft.70039","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"FAMILY STUDIES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Clients seeking couple therapy often experience a blend of individual psychiatric symptoms and severe relationship distress. In a study among 150 heterosexual couples within residential couple therapy in Norway, the aim was to investigate the relationship between individual and relationship distress. The research questions addressed the predictive associations between initial and termination levels of individual and relational distress. By the use of dyadic analysis, the findings identified actor and partner effects. Overall, the results revealed that the level of relational distress at the start of therapy predicted the change in individual psychiatric symptoms more than the opposite direction. No gender differences were revealed. The clinical implications suggest that addressing interventions that strengthen dyadic satisfaction and family functioning is beneficial.
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The Journal of Marital & Family Therapy (JMFT) is published quarterly by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and is one of the best known and most influential family therapy journals in the world. JMFT is a peer-reviewed journal that advances the professional understanding of marital and family functioning and the most effective psychotherapeutic treatment of couple and family distress. Toward that end, the Journal publishes articles on research, theory, clinical practice, and training in marital and family therapy.
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