Positive Psychology Progress This Study Literature Review

The paper was then set to focus on determining the reach and effectiveness of marriage interventions. This initiative could be used to understand the effectiveness of marriage therapy as a form of marriage intervention.

The study was undertaken on 876 couples who had experienced marital conflict at one point in their marriage. The study was quantitative in nature but was vulnerable to the fact that response from correspondents couldn't be verified. It was established that couples who had premarital education were less likely to experience marital problems. Marriage therapy was also established to be a strong and effective form of marriage intervention (Doss, 2010).

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This article was aimed at establishing procedures used by most couples in marriage preparation. The problem of study involved the failure of most couples to undertake marriage preparation in modern society. The study was done on 350 couples who had undertaken marriage preparations before their wedding. Marriage preparation was noted to be carried out by friends and family members.

It was established that marriage preparation was a personal initiative by most couples and only traditional couples were inclined to insist on it. The church was also identified to undertake marriage preparation on behalf of couples who were staunch followers of their faith.The major set back to this study was the use of probability to summarize the data. The report was however based on a quantitative analysis (Mishra, 2009).

References

Doss, B. (2010). Expanding the Reach and Effectiveness of Marriage Intervention.

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Fowers, B., & Olson, D. (1986). Predicting Marital Success with PREPARE: A

Predictive Validity Study. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 12(4), 403-

Laurenceau, J. (2010). Assessment of Relation-Specific Incentive and Threat

Sensitivities: Predicting Satisfaction and Affect in Adult Intimate Relationships.

Psychological Assessment, 22(2), 407-419.

Lundblad, a. (2005). The Effectiveness of Couple Therapy: Pre and Post Assessment of Dyadic Adjustment and Family Climate. Journal of Couple and Relationship

Therapy, 4(4), 30-55.

Martin, E.P. (2005). Positive Psychology Process. American Psychological Association,

60(5), 410-421.

Mishra, a. (2009). Book reviews. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 4(6), 578-580.

Sanford, K. (2010). Perceived Threat and Perceived Neglect: Couple's Underlying

Concern during Conflicts. Psychological Assessment, 22(2), 288-297.

Schwartz, J. (2010). Troubled Ruminations about Parents: Conceptualization and Validation with Emerging Adults. Journal of Counseling &….....