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This study evaluated the effectiveness of a brief, group rational-emotive (RET) treatment and problem solving treatment for divorce related dysphoria, involving six hours of therapy over 22 days. A waiting list condition was used for comparison. On three measures of dysphoria, RET and Problem-Solving subjects improved significantly more than Waiting List subjects and RET and Problem-Solving subjects maintained their improvement at a one-month follow-up. There was no significant difference in improvement between RET and Problem-Solving treatments. Effectiveness of the treatments could have been due either to specific content, group therapy components, or nonspecific effects.
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John Malouff is a clinical psychologist with the Rehabilitation Center of Palm Beach, Florida. Richard Lanyon is a professor in the Psychology Department at Arizona State University in Tempe. Nicola Schutte is an assistant professor of psychology at Nova University in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The authors wish to acknowledge the many contributions of Kris Cooper, Wendy Ramerth and Denise Gehrling to the study.
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Malouff, J.M., Lanyon, R.I. & Schutte, N.S. Effectiveness of a brief group RET treatment for divorce-related dysphoria. J Rational-Emot Cognitive-Behav Ther 6, 162–171 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01064077
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