Men In Therapy Research Articles

Review of Men in therapy: The challenge of change.

Review of Men in therapy: The challenge of change.

Men in therapy: the challenge of change

Men in therapy: the challenge of change

Differentiation in Clinical and Nonclinical Women

This paper examines the differences between three groups of women in terms of Family of Origin Health (FOH), Current Family of Origin Differentiation (CFOD), and Spousal Differentiation (SpD). Responses from 60 participants were analyzed: 24 were women in therapy, 16 were women married to men in therapy, and 20 were women who were neither in therapy themselves nor married to men in therapy. Multivariate Analysis of Variance indicated that the groups were different: female clients and nonclinical women were significantly different on all three variables; clients were different from both spouses and nonclinical women in terms of SpD; nonclinical women were different from both clients and spouses in terms of FOH and CFOD. Theoretical implications and suggestions for research are discussed.

Exposure to Violence in the Families-of-Origin among Wife-Abusers and Maritally Nonviolent Men

This study examined violence in the families-of-origin among wife assaulters and maritally nonviolent men. Participants were 26 wife abusers and 18 nonviolent men in therapy. Early exposure to marital violence and child abuse was assessed through interviews that were coded both qualitatively and quantitatively. The results indicated that batterers were more likely than comparison subjects to have been abused as children, to have witnessed their father beating their mother, and to have been disciplined as children with corporal punishment. Fathers were no more likely than mothers to have abused the men. There were no differences between groups in reports of parental child abuse toward siblings of the men. Differences between groups in exposure to violence were studied to explain why men who grew up in violent homes were not abusive toward their spouses. Socioeconomic status and family dynamics were examined to explain the results.

The problems of women married to homosexual men.

In treating the married male homosexual who wishes to change his sexual orientation, it is essential to understand both the personality of the wife and the dynamics of the marriage. Findings based on the study of five women and their husbands who were in individual and conjoint therapy and single interviews of 12 other women married to homosexual men in therapy revealed that the women felt inadequate in many areas of their gender and erotic identifications; they demonstrated sexual repression, passive-agressive personality traits, and retarded psychosexual and social development. The author shows how the wife's need to maintain the neurotic contract of the marriage undermines her husband's treatment. The observations are illustrated three case histories.

Evaluation of results of psychotherapy.

Summary A study of some of the factors involved in the psychotherapy of 210 outpatients with varying types of emotional disorders is presented. These patients were in treatment with first-, second-, and third-year residents trained in dynamic psychiatry. Each resident completed a lengthy form for each patient he had in treatment during a twelve-month period. The form was designed to provide a variety of information about the patient and his treatment. These data were subjected to statistical analysis. The patients were separated into three main categories based upon their relative with psychotherapy. The three groups were compared. Summary Approximately 70 per cent of the entire group of 210 patients experienced appreciable with treatment. There were significantly more women than men in therapy; however, this difference was no longer apparent when the patients who terminated treatment prematurely were added to this total. There was a significantly larger number of fee-paying patients in the Much improved group. These data failed to reveal a significant association between intelligence and education and in therapy. The group of Much improved patients had significantly better childhood environments. Ability to develop interpersonal relations at the time therapy was started was significantly associated with in therapy. Good sexual adjustment, high social station, and favorable financial status were significantly associated with much improvement in therapy. No significant associations could be established between the pretreatment marital adjustment, work adjustment, insight, housing facilities, and with treatment. Religious activity was associated to a significant level with lack of change with treatment. Summary Improvement, when it occurred, was found mainly in marital and work adjustment, with less in financial status, sexual adjustment, and interpersonal relations. Housing, social stratum, and religious activity were influenced insignificantly by treatment.