Analyzing nonindependent outcomes in couple therapy using the actor-partner interdependence model. Academic Article

abstract

• The nonindependent components of couple data require data-analytic strategies tailored to the interpersonal processes occurring between relationship partners. This article examines the benefits of a specifically dyadic analytic method, the actor-partner interdependence model (APIM), for evaluating interpartner influence across time. Both conceptual and methodological features of the APIM are exemplified by applying this model to observations of negative and positive affect and global distress in spouses participating in a randomized trial of couple therapy. In addition to elucidating specific advantages of the APIM relative to alternative data-analytic strategies, the current results shed new light on previous findings from a comparative treatment outcome study evaluating behavioral and insight-oriented approaches to couple therapy.

authors

• Snyder, Douglas

published proceedings

• J Fam Psychol

altmetric score

• 1

author list (cited authors)

• Cook, W. L., & Snyder, D. K.

citation count

• 84

complete list of authors

• Cook, William L||Snyder, Douglas K

publication date

• March 2005

publisher

• American Psychological Association (APA)  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Family Psychology  Journal

keywords

• Couples Therapy
• Data Interpretation, Statistical
• Humans
• Interpersonal Relations
• Models, Psychological
• Models, Statistical
• Treatment Outcome

PubMed Central ID

• 15796659

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1037/0893-3200.19.1.133

start page

• 133

end page

• 141

volume

• 19

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0893-3200.19.1.133

user-defined tag

• 3 Good Health and Well-Being