THE USE OF VIDEO FEEDBACK AND OPERANT INTERPERSONAL LEARNING IN MARITAL COUNSELING WITH GROUPS
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This paper describes an operant-interpersonal behavioral approach utilizing videotape feedback to group treatment of marital couples, demonstrates the approach and discusses a few of the more prevalent problems encountered in the process of the study.
In developing this approach in marital counseling with groups, the authors have taken advantage of the empirical findings derived both from learning theory and from small group research (Bandura, 1969; Shaw, 1971; Cartwright and Zander, 1968).
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