EFFECTS OF FAMILY AND MARITAL PSYCHOTHERAPIES - A METAANALYSIS

This meta-analysis of 163 randomized trials (including 59 dissertation s) examines a number of questions not studied in previous syntheses. T hese include differences in outcome associated with different theoreti cal orientations, differences between marital and family therapies ver sus individual therapies, the clinical significance of therapy outcome , differences between marital versus family therapies in both outcomes and problems treated, and the effects of various substantive and meth odological moderators of therapy outcome. The review concludes with so me observations about the methodological status of this literature.