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 study investigates the effectiveness of a marital distress prevention program for couples
with low marital satisfaction with regard to a possible improvement of physical and …

This article presents a new preventive approach (Couples Coping Enhancement Training:
CCET) aimed at expanding upon the scope of current prevention programs by focusing on …

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

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 …

This brief article aims to summarize the conceptual and clinical work done within the concept
of dyadic coping by Bodenmann and colleagues at the Institute for Family Research and …

Previous studies have revealed that the ways couples deal with stress in their lives are
significantly associated with their marital quality and overall marital functioning. However …

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 …