Department of Psychology, Universidad Camilo José Cela, Calle Castillo de Alarcón 49, Urbanización Villafranca del Castillo, 28692 Madrid, Spain.
Private Practice, Calle Goya 83-3º Derecha, 28001 Madrid, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Sep 23;18(19):9981. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18199981.
Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT) has demonstrated its efficacy treating severe couple conflict. Nevertheless, its capacity to prevent such conflicts before they appear has not been analyzed. The following empirical study examines the effectiveness of a conflict prevention program based on IBCT's main therapeutic strategies (empathic joining, unified detachment). A sample of 12 individuals (six couples) from the Community of Madrid completed the (Spanier, 1976; Martín-Lanas et al., 2017), (Barraca et al., 2017), and (Carrasco, 1996) pre-treatment, posttreatment, and at a three-year follow up. Three of these couples were randomly assigned to the experimental group, in which they received five, 120-minute sessions of an IBCT-based conflict prevention program. The three remaining couples were assigned to a control group and received no treatment. Results indicated that the experimental couples grew in their acceptance of differences and significantly improved their level of empathic joining and unified detachment; they also manifested greater satisfaction in their total score. At the three-year follow up, neither group showed significant changes with regard to their posttreatment scores. Although the data are based on a small number of couples and should be replicated, the results suggest that a program based on IBCT strategies can help prevent couple conflict up to three years after its application.
整合行为夫妻治疗（IBCT）已被证明在治疗严重夫妻冲突方面的疗效。然而，其在冲突出现之前预防此类冲突的能力尚未得到分析。以下实证研究考察了基于 IBCT 主要治疗策略（共情性参与、统一分离）的冲突预防计划的有效性。马德里社区的 12 名个体（6 对夫妻）完成了（Spanier，1976 年；Martín-Lanas 等人，2017 年）、（Barraca 等人，2017 年）和（Carrasco，1996 年）治疗前、治疗后和三年随访的评估。其中三对夫妻被随机分配到实验组，他们接受了五次，每次 120 分钟的基于 IBCT 的冲突预防计划。其余三对夫妻被分配到对照组，没有接受任何治疗。结果表明，实验组在接受差异方面有所提高，并且在共情性参与和统一分离方面的水平显著提高；他们在总分上的满意度也有所提高。在三年随访时，两组在治疗后的分数上都没有显著变化。尽管这些数据基于少数夫妻，应该进行复制，但结果表明，基于 IBCT 策略的计划可以帮助预防夫妻冲突，最长可持续到计划应用三年后。
