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Marital Therapy Data

Source: R/datasets.R
jacobson_1989.Rd

A dataset containing the data from Jacobson et al. (1989). The purpose of the study was to examine two forms of behavioral marital therapy,

Usage

jacobson_1989

Format

An object of class tbl_df with 60 rows and 4 columns.

subject

Subject ID

time

Measurement

das

Dyadic Adjustment Scale score (higher is better)

gds

Global Distress Scale score (lower is better)

References

  • Jacobson, N. S., Schmaling, K. B., Holtzworth-Munroe, A., Katt, J. L., Wood, L. F., & Follette, V. M. (1989). Research-structured vs clinically flexible versions of social learning-based marital therapy. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 27(2), 173-180. https://doi.org/10.1016/0005-7967(89)90076-4

  • Jacobson, N. S., & Truax, P. (1991). Clinical significance: A statistical approach to defining meaningful change in psychotherapy research. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 59(1), 12-19. https://doi.org/10.1037//0022-006X.59.1.12