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ReviewIranian journal of public health2025

Effectiveness of Couple Interventions in Marital Distress: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Binu Joseph, Varghese K Joseph, Santhosh Kareepadath Rajan

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Review in Iranian journal of public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Binu JosephSchool of Psychological Sciences, CHRIST University, Bangalore, India.
Varghese K JosephSchool of Psychological Sciences, CHRIST University, Bangalore, India.
Santhosh Kareepadath RajanSchool of Psychological Sciences, CHRIST University, Bangalore, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Couple interventions focus on resolving relationship issues and improving partners' intimacy. Several intervention models are used on different occasions to deal with the issues. The present systematic review and meta-analysis investigated the effectiveness of such couple interventions dealing with marital distress. Methods: Using the PRISMA guidelines for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses, a search was carried out to identify published articles in the areas of study. The meta-analysis investigated the effectiveness of couple interventions by comparing the post-intervention assessments of the experimental and control groups. Results: The systematic review helped to identify twelve empirical studies published within the last ten years in the following databases: ScienceDirect, EBSCO, APA PsycINFO, NCBI, ProQuest, and Google Scholar. Meta-analysis showed a statistically significant overall effect size (Cohen's Conclusion: The current study revealed an overall large effect size, indicating that different couple interventions had a noticeable impact on distressed couples who received interventions as opposed to couples who did not receive any interventions.

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Conflict intervention effectCouple therapyHope therapyMarital conflict resolutionMarital therapy

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PMID39902350
PMCPMC11787838

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