Couple relationship
Conditions
Interventions
Two-session online couple intervention (80 minutes per session)
Wait list control group
Sponsors
College of comprehensive psychology, Ritsumeikan University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Couples who can participate in the study together. 2) Couples who have been cohabiting for at least one year. 3) At least one of the partners has the CSI-4 (i.e., short version of the couple satisfaction index) score of 12 points or less. 4) Couples who can participate in the online interview with PC. 5) Couples who can participate in the study for at least three months continuously. 6) Couples who agree to withdraw from the intervention even after it has begun if the therapist decides that participation is inappropriate for the couple. 7) Couples who agree that the results of each others' responses to the pre-questionnaires can be shared during the intervention sessions.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Couples with psychological or physical violence. 2) Couples with alcohol-related problems 3) Couples in which either or both partners have ongoing infidelity. 4) Couples in either or both partners have a history of receiving medical treatment by a psychiatrist or psychosomatic physician within the past six months. 5) Couples in which one or both partners are currently receiving counselling or psychotherapy. 6) Couples who are about to divorce or separate.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Program safety (qualitative and quantitative), acceptability (qualitative and quantitative), effectiveness ("the couple satisfaction index Japanese version" scores at the post, one month, and three months), and completion rate (quantitative) of the intervention. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactTakashi Mitamura
Ritsumeikan University College of comprehensive psychology
Outcome results
None listed