Stress and coping are important constructs in understanding the dynamics of close
relationships. Couple therapy and marital distress prevention approaches have become …

In this chapter, the authors describe their marital distress prevention program, Couples
Coping Enhancement Training (CCET). This program integrates cognitive-behavioral …

Stress and coping in couples are themes that have received increased attention in theory
building and research in the last decades. Many findings show that everyday stress has a …

We describe a distress prevention training program for couples and three empirical studies
that support its effectiveness. The program, Couples Coping Enhancement Training (CCET) …

This study sought to assess the effectiveness of a marital distress prevention program for
couples by examining how marital quality, especially marital competencies such as dyadic …

This volume addresses the construct of dyadic coping between people in intimate
relationships. By strict definition, dyadic coping involves both partners and is the interplay …

This study is a replication reporting on the effects of the Couples Coping Enhancement
Training (CCET). While previous studies have examined the efficacy of this program mainly …

Relationship difficulties frequently coexist with significant emotional, behavioral, and
physical health problems in one or both partners. Moreover, couple therapists report …

The quality of family life is fundamental to the well-being of the community. The stability of
the family has a pervasive influence on the psychological, physical, social, economic, and …

This chapter expands on the concept of dyadic stress and coping with an innovative and
dynamic theory of the dyadic coping process. The author presents a typology of dyadic …