Addressing Relationship Health Needs in Primary Care: Adapting the Marriage Checkup for Use in Medical Settings with Military Couples

James V. Cordova; Jeffrey A. Cigrang; Tatiana D. Gray; Elizabeth Najera; Matt Havrilenko; Crystal Pinkley; Matthew Nielsen; Jo Lyn Tatum; Kristen Redd

doi:10.1007/s10880-017-9517-8

Addressing Relationship Health Needs in Primary Care: Adapting the Marriage Checkup for Use in Medical Settings with Military Couples

James V. Cordova
, Jeffrey A. Cigrang
, Tatiana D. Gray
, Elizabeth Najera
, Matt Havrilenko
, Crystal Pinkley
, Matthew Nielsen
, Jo Lyn Tatum
, Kristen Redd

School of Professional Psychology

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Abstract

The overall objective of this study was to pilot the Marriage Checkup (MC), a brief intervention for enhancing marital resiliency tailored to a military population, for use by internal behavioral health consultants (IBHCs) working in an integrated primary care clinic. The MC was revised to fit into the fast-paced environment of primary care (e.g., streamlined to fit within three 30-min appointments), and military-relevant material was added to the content. IBHCs working in primary care were then trained to offer the intervention. Thirty participants were enrolled in the study and completed a relationship checkup and one-month follow-up questionnaires. Analysis of post-test and one-month follow-up data showed statistically significant improvements in participants’ marital health compared to pre-treatment. The MC intervention appeared to be well received by both couples and IBHCs.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	259-269
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings
Volume	24
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-017-9517-8
State	Published - Nov 1 2017

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Clinical Psychology

Keywords

Brief couple therapy
Military
Primary care
Relationships

Disciplines

Psychology

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Cordova, J. V., Cigrang, J. A., Gray, T. D., Najera, E., Havrilenko, M., Pinkley, C., Nielsen, M., Tatum, J. L., & Redd, K. (2017). Addressing Relationship Health Needs in Primary Care: Adapting the Marriage Checkup for Use in Medical Settings with Military Couples. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 24(3-4), 259-269. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-017-9517-8

Cordova, JV, Cigrang, JA, Gray, TD, Najera, E, Havrilenko, M, Pinkley, C, Nielsen, M, Tatum, JL & Redd, K 2017, 'Addressing Relationship Health Needs in Primary Care: Adapting the Marriage Checkup for Use in Medical Settings with Military Couples', Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, vol. 24, no. 3-4, pp. 259-269. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-017-9517-8

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