TY - JOUR
T1 - The marital version of three good things
T2 - A mixed-method study
AU - Boiman-Meshita, Maayan
AU - Littman-Ovadia, Hadassah
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Many couples’ relationship lacks the prosperity that characterize a good marriage. To address this languishing, our study proposes an adaptation of the well-validated intervention Three Good Things, and examines its effectiveness on marital quality. This mixed-method study comprised 134 heterosexual couples, randomly allocated into one of three groups: intervention, placebo, and no-treatment. Participants completed questionnaires aimed at measuring marital satisfaction, intimacy, and burnout, on three time points: before the intervention, immediately following it, and a month afterwards. At the end of the study period, the intervention and placebo groups answered an open-coded question about the effect the intervention had on their relationship. Results showed increased intimacy and decreased burnout in the intervention group, among participants who complied with the study procedure. A qualitative analysis of responses to the open-coded question found that most couples in the intervention group felt that the intervention had positively affected their emotions, behavior, and thinking.
AB - Many couples’ relationship lacks the prosperity that characterize a good marriage. To address this languishing, our study proposes an adaptation of the well-validated intervention Three Good Things, and examines its effectiveness on marital quality. This mixed-method study comprised 134 heterosexual couples, randomly allocated into one of three groups: intervention, placebo, and no-treatment. Participants completed questionnaires aimed at measuring marital satisfaction, intimacy, and burnout, on three time points: before the intervention, immediately following it, and a month afterwards. At the end of the study period, the intervention and placebo groups answered an open-coded question about the effect the intervention had on their relationship. Results showed increased intimacy and decreased burnout in the intervention group, among participants who complied with the study procedure. A qualitative analysis of responses to the open-coded question found that most couples in the intervention group felt that the intervention had positively affected their emotions, behavior, and thinking.
KW - Positive intervention
KW - marital quality
KW - marital satisfaction
KW - positive relationships
KW - three good things
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U2 - 10.1080/17439760.2020.1716046
DO - 10.1080/17439760.2020.1716046
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AN - SCOPUS:85078440363
SN - 1743-9760
VL - 16
SP - 367
EP - 378
JO - Journal of Positive Psychology
JF - Journal of Positive Psychology
IS - 3
ER -