The aim of this thesis is to really know and understand what breaks marriages and to research how this problem is cause, but also to help people to dealt with the problem of relating in marriage while they deal with the problem of raising children. So the approach of this thesis, will be on Narrative Approach as a way of trying to dealt with relationship that families faces daily. In using the Narrative Approach it is the role of therapist to accompany couple as they seek to relate to each other, help couples to negotiate. Chapter one, is the introduction of the story of my brother (Rancho) who experience the problem of broken relationship in marriage. Secondly to understand what is relationship? And to know what broke relationship. In chapter two, I explain what is Narrative therapy. In chapter three I am sharing the stories of couples who has broken relationship, and dealing with their problem through listen and interpretation. In chapter four the result and interviews are going to be helpful in understanding how the broken relationship causes divorce. So I am going to deal with broken relationship and the meaning of divorce. What is divorce and how divorce has come in as the result of brokenness. In chapter five, ten question will be asked in order to trace were relationship broke down. To conclude, what I have learned from the thesis and suggestion for further studies. / Dissertation (MA (Theology))--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Practical Theology / unrestricted

Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document / Dissertation (MA (Social Work))--University of Pretoria, 2006. / Social Work and Criminology / unrestricted

In this dissertation, the writer explores and supports the validity of clinical social wor·k practitioners applying planned therapeutic intervention procedures to couples who are in distress. Written in two parts, this paper is esentially a review of selected literature on the efficacy of social work psychotherapv with couples. Couple therapy, which deals with the two individuals per se and not merely with their interaction, enhances the treatment of both partners. Several intervention strategies are noted by the writer, all of which attempt to alter both individual dynamics and that of the couples relationship. The writer has chosen a "fusion model" comprising of the intra and inter-personal intervention strategies. The therapeutic format of choice proposed by the writer favours a time-limited psychodynamic approach which operates through the medium of a combined concurrent-conjoint technique.

Bibliography: pages 134-152. / In the modern western world, infidelity or deviation from the monogamous sexually constrained 'till death do us part' marriage is often judged as unhappy, deviant or placing the marriage on the verge of divorce. Marriage areas for is a highly complex relationship, with multiple potential conflict. Contemporary marriage falls prey to dissatisfaction aAd stress far more than marriages of years gone by, where roles were traditionally more clearly defined and expectations were unchallenged. This paper serves to focus on the institution of marriage in western society and the changing face of marriage in contemporary society. Today there by married are many problems and difficulties experienced couples and not least of all, that of the extramarital affair. Treatment for the problem of infidelity proves an increasing challenge for clincians today. Methods and difficulties in this regard will be discussed. Five case studies from the writer's private practice case load will be presented to augment the preceding theoretical discussion. In describing the nature of the cases, highlights will be made of the salient variations in circumstances, treatment and outcome.

In the last ten years, a number of behavioral approaches to marital therapy have been developed and applied to married couples. Intervention techniques have included selective reinforcement, extinction, modeling, aversive consequences, and contingency contracting. The present study investigated the use of the bug-in-the-ear (BITE) instrument as an aid in shaping marital interaction. The BITE has been applied in several child behavior modification programs, but no applications in marital therapy have been reported. The use of the BITE has been demonstrated and is considered clinically feasible. Since the N of this study was small and since the raters evaluating progress were knowledgeable and indeed involved in the hypothesis under investigation, caution must be exercised in the evaluation of the data. The necessity for evaluation of specific further research issues is discussed.

This study was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of the microcounseling training model for the improvement of marital communication. The purposes of this study were (a) to assess the effects of microcounseling on the communication between married couples; (b) to determine whether the teaching of skills using microcounseling can have specific behavioral effects on the actions of individuals in training; (c) to assess whether this change has effects on sharing behavior of couples; (d) to determine whether skill training has any effect on marital adjustment of couples; and (e) to examine changes in meaning that training may cause. Based on statistical results it was concluded the microcounseling does not result in significant changes in marital communication. Neither does microcounseling bring about significant changes in marital adjustment or primary communication. Eleven of the semantic differential items did change significantly. It was nevertheless concluded that these changes were not enough to support the conclusion that great changes in meaning had occurred. It was concluded that from a time-cost standpoint, microcounseling is not an efficient way to train married couples' communication.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / The problem of this study was to define a model of marriage around the concept of covenant for use in pastoral care which would be rooted in the Protestant Christian tradition and highly relevant to the needs and aspirations with which young people in American society approach marriage, empirically sound, and sufficiently differentiated and comprehensive to provide young people with realistic and practical guidance. This task involved: (1) constructing a model rooted in the Protestant Christian tradition and relevant to the needs of young Americans who approach marriage; (2) discovering in an exploration of values a basis for the husband-wife relationship conceptualized in the model; (3) describing processes by which this relationship might be attained; and (4) suggesting ways that pastors might use the model effectively in pastoral care. [TRUNCATED] / 2031-01-01

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The purpose of this study was to explore the image that professions other than marriage and family therapy (MFT) have of MFT as being either a profession or a subspecialty within a larger profession. Lawyers, physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers in three states (Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania) were surveyed regarding their beliefs about MFT and nine other occupations. A questionnaire was developed, based upon the sociological literature pertaining to the criteria inherent in all professions. Results indicated that MFT is viewed by lawyers, physicians, psychiatrists, and psychologists as being more like a subspecialty within a larger profession than a profession in its own right. Social workers were the only group which felt that MFT is more like a profession. Of note is that MFT was viewed as having a strong code of ethics, its own support structures, and it has demonstrated its usefulness. Its perceived weaknesses lie in the absence of a distinct subject matter, theory and research, methodology, that it is not based upon scholarship and research, and that clients dictate the nature of the service they receive. Future research needs to examine how MFT can change its image. / Ph. D.

Marital enrichment is a new professional area in the applied family field which surfaced in the early l960’s and has expanded rapidly throughout the United States. Many see this exciting advance as a significant resource for attempting to alleviate the major social problem of marital dysfunction. The underlying motivation for this research was to assess the effectiveness of marital enrichment (in particular, the Couples Communication Program Model) in producing change in the marital relationship within the framework of a number of perceived short-comings in the marital enrichment research literature. This research examined the experiential component of marital enrichment programs in an attempt to determine whether it is a necessary and effective change-producing element. Additionally, the issue of conventionalization was addressed as a possible contaminant of self-report measures which have been so widely employed in enrichment research. To assess durability of any possible change, a three-month follow-up study of all groups was conducted. Further, this research tested the utilization of trainer and spouse as additional sources of assessment rather than relying solely on an individual's self-report. To test the various hypotheses aggregated from the research literature, a pretest-posttest control group design with a 3-month follow-up was formulated consisting of two treatment groups (Group I: Experiential~didactic, Group II: Didactic) and a control group (no treatment). The dependent variables were scores on the following research instruments: 1. Marital Adjustment Test (Locke and Wallace, 1959) 2. Marital Communication Inventory (Bienvenu, 1970) 3. Marriage Potential Test (Mace and Mace, 1979) 4. Relationship Change Scale (Schlein, 1971) 5. Satisfaction Change Scale (Schlein, 1971) 6. Interpersonal Relationship Rating Scale (Hipple, 1972) Scores were recorded as couple differences obtained by subtracting the wife's score from the husband's score at each testing period. Independent variables were group membership and experimental stage (pretest, posttest, 3-month follow-up). An analysis of covariance model with conventionalization serving as the covariate was constructed and the statistical analysis was performed utilizing the General Linear Models (GLM) procedure of the Statistical Analysis System (SAS). The evidence accumulated in this study indicates that enrichment has no effect on participants as assessed by the dependent measurements. Future marital enrichment research should control for the conventionalization effect as well as closely scrutinize male/female sex differences. Further, future research assessments of marital enrichment should eliminate the use of the following self-report measures: 1. Marital Adjustment Test (Locke and Wallace, 1959) 2. Marital Communication Inventory (Bienvenu, 1970) 3. Satisfaction Change Scale (Schlein, 1971) 4. Relationship Change Scale (Schlein, 1971) Finally, the underlying assumption that marital enrichment produces change should be examined carefully and perhaps, if indicated, eliminated. / Ph. D.