Effects of Videotape Playback on Causal Attribution in Distressed Couples Page: 1
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EFFECTS OF VIDEOTAPE PLAYBACK ON CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION
IN DISTRESSED COUPLES
Gurin, Veroff, and Feld (1960) have reported that indi-
viduals seeking marital therapy typically attribute greater
causality or responsibility for the difficulties in the
marriage to the spouse than to themselves. For a marital
relationship to improve, however, change on the part of
both spouses is generally necessary. Further, change is
not forthcoming until both partners become aware of, and
accept responsibility for, conflict. Although the element
of causal attribution in marital disturbance and therapy
has yet to be examined (Wright & Fichten, 1976), it seems
reasonable to assume that the marital therapy process
could be accelerated by a pretherapy training procedure
whereby this awareness and acceptance of responsibility
could be facilitated. The present study is an investiga-
tion of the effects of causal attribution interventions
upon the marital therapy process.
The purpose of the present study was to examine the
effects of videotape playback of marital pretherapy sessions
on spouses1 causal attribution or attribution of blame for
marital difficulties. Specifically, could videotape play-
back promote self-attribution of responsibility? Alger and
Hogan (1967, 1969) have reported the only research pertinent
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Thompson, Ron Allan. Effects of Videotape Playback on Causal Attribution in Distressed Couples, dissertation, May 1980; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330670/m1/7/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .