Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-544) and indexes.
Contents
Behavioral factors in couples' relationship problems -- Cognitive and emotional factors in couples' relationships -- Why couples are the way they are : individual influences -- Interpersonal processes : partners' interactions with each other and their environment -- An adaptation model of relationship functioning -- Assessment -- Conducting couples therapy -- Behavioral interventions -- Interventions for modifying cognitions -- Addressing emotions -- Interventions for couple patterns and interactions -- Addressing individual psychopathology, unresolved issues, and interpersonal traumas within couple therapy -- Interventions for environmental demands.