Date of Award
Spring 5-18-2000
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
School Psychology
First Advisor
Thomas Pavkov
Abstract
Therapy is inundated with self-report instruments/measures for clients (Corcoran & Fischer, 1987)(Touliatos, Perlmutter, & Straus, 1989); most of them focused for individual therapy. Many of these instruments are used for assessment purposes, while some others are related to outcome (Fredman & Sherman, 1987) (Corcoran & Fischer, 1987). One neglected area is that of instruments devised to measure satisfaction with specific content areas oftherapy. Another neglected area is an instrument designed specifically for marital/couple therapy. This research devised and tested a client self-report satisfaction measure specifically for couples in therapy. The items of the Marital Therapy Satisfaction Measure (MTSM) were derived from a review of literature of research focusing on both therapists' and clients' perspectives of important/essential elements linked to effective marital/couple therapy. Forty- five clients engaged in a minimum of four sessions of marital/couple therapy were surveyed. Clients completed the MTSM and the Oient Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8), a self-report satisfaction instrument with already established validity and reliability. Results reported a significant correlation between the MTSM and the CSQ-8. Further analysis on the data revealed gender and other demographic effects on levels of satisfaction with marital/couple therapy. Concerns regarding sample size and variance are discussed, as well as suggestions for furthering this research and the potential of the MTSM
Recommended Citation
Bingham, Jesse, "Construction and Testing of A Marital/Couple Therapy Satisfaction Measure" (2000). Open Access Theses. 1241.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_theses/1241