PREDICTING DIVORCE AT MARITAL-THERAPY INTAKE - A PRELIMINARY MODEL

The purpose of this study was to predict divorce in a marital-distress ed and therapy-seeking population. The sample was from the case record s of the Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic at Brigham Young Universit y. Demographic and psychological data as well as Marital Status Invent ory (MSI) and Marital Adjustment Test (MAT) scores were available for analysis. Statistical procedures successfully predicted marital status in a high percentage of cases. The most important findings were that wives' variables were more important in divorce prediction than were h usbands'. In addition, marital quality was not found to be predictive of marital status.