Emotion Focused Couples Therapy as a Treatment of Somatoform Disorders: An Outcome Study

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dc.contributor.authorWalsh, Stephanie Reneeen
dc.contributor.committeechairProtinsky, Howard O. Jr.en
dc.contributor.committeememberProuty, Anne M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberGoldston, Daviden
dc.contributor.committeememberDenton, Wayne H.en
dc.contributor.committeememberPiercy, Fred P.en
dc.contributor.committeememberJohnson, Scott W.en
dc.contributor.departmentHuman Developmenten
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:10:54Zen
dc.date.adate2002-05-01en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:10:54Zen
dc.date.issued2002-04-25en
dc.date.rdate2003-05-01en
dc.date.sdate2002-04-26en
dc.description.abstractSixteen couples in which one of the partners met criteria for Somatoform Disorder or Undifferentiated Somatoform Disorder as determined by the SOMS and who scored less than or equal to 101 on the Dyadic Adjustment Scale participated in this study. These couples were randomly assigned to 8 sessions of emotionally focused therapy or to a 12-week wait list condition. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotion focused therapy as a treatment of somatoform disorders. Results suggest that the intervention of emotion focused couples therapy (EFT) was not effective in the treatment of somatoform disorders. A significant effect (.023) was found in the increased reporting of symptoms at posttest. Implications for EFT and marriage and family therapy are discussed.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-04262002-132402en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04262002-132402/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/27307en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartCoverpageandabstract3..pdfen
dc.relation.haspartDissertation1.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartappendixes.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectCouples Therapyen
dc.subjectSomatoform Disordersen
dc.subjectEmotion focused therapyen
dc.titleEmotion Focused Couples Therapy as a Treatment of Somatoform Disorders: An Outcome Studyen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineHuman Developmenten
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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