@article{ref1,
title="Marital Therapy, Retreats, and Books: The Who, What, When, and Why of Relationship Help‐Seeking",
journal="Journal of marital and family therapy",
year="2009",
author="Doss, Brian D. and Rhoades, Galena K. and Stanley, Scott M. and Markman, Howard J.",
volume="35",
number="1",
pages="18-29",
abstract="When doubts creep in and marriages begin to falter, where do couples turn for assistance? In a longitudinal study of 213 couples over the first 5 years of marriage, results indicated relationship help-seeking was relatively common, with 36% of couples seeking some form of outside help during this period. Individual and relationship difficulties predicted increased use of relationship books and marital therapy in the following year; therefore, these behaviors appear to be important outlets for relationship assistance. In contrast, attending marriage retreats/workshops was related only to demographic variables. Results of the present study suggest that the most common types of relationship help-seeking by community couples are understudied and likely underutilized in the dissemination of empirically based marital interventions.<p />",
language="",
issn="0194-472X",
doi="10.1111/j.1752-0606.2008.00093.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-0606.2008.00093.x"
}