TY  - SER
AU  - Burgess Moser, Melissa
AU  - Johnson, Susan M.
AU  - Dalgleish, Tracy L.
AU  - Lafontaine, Marie France
AU  - Wiebe, stephanie A.
TI  - Changes in relationship-specific sttschment in emotionally focused couple therapy
SN  - 0194472X
KW  - TERAPIA DE PAREJAS
KW  - TRATAMIENTO
KW  - UNION DE PAREJA
N2  - Emotionally focused couple therapy (EFT; Johnson, The practice of emotionally focused couple therapy (1st/2nd edition). Brunner-Routledge, New York, 2004) is an effective treatment of relationship distress (Johnson et al., Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 1999; 6, 67). However, less is known about EFT's impact on couples' relationship-specific attachment bond. Using hierarchical linear modeling with a sample of 32 couples, we examined session-by-session changes in couples' relationship-specific attachment anxiety and avoidance and pre- to posttherapy changes in their relationship-specific attachment behaviors. Couples significantly decreased in relationship-specific attachment avoidance, and those who completed a blamer softening significantly decreased in relationship-specific attachment anxiety. Couples' attachment behavior significantly increased toward security. Finally, session-by-session decreases in relationship-specific attachment anxiety and avoidance were significant associated with increases in relationship satisfaction across sessions. These results provide empirical support for the attachment-based assumptions of EFT
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