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Analysis of Research on the Effectiveness of Transactional Analysis for Improving Marital Relationships: Toward Close Encounters of the Single Kind

Pages 238-248
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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The history of transactional analysis (TA) as an approach to psychotherapy is at least twenty-five years old. Adherents of TA advocate its use for improving marital relationships as well as for use with individual clients. Some psychotherapy researchers take the position that psychotherapeutic approaches and techniques should not be used without empirical support for their usefulness. A review of the research literature found little empirical support for the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of TA in improving marital relationships. Methodological problems in these studies, all of which used group designs, are discussed, and the use of single-case designs is advocated.

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Gilbert Greene

Gilbert J. Greene, Ph.D., ACSW, has been a Regular Member of the ITAA since 1976 and is currently Associate Professor, Michigan State University School of Social Work.