A group version of the OurRelationship program within residential substance use treatment: preliminary evidence for improving responses to romantic relationship conflict for those dealing with substance misuse.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to pilot an adapted version of an online relationships program with residents in treatment for alcohol and other drugs (AOD). The OurRelationship (OR) Program, which is based on Integrative Behavioral Couples Therapy, was piloted in a group-based format to determine whether residents' participation in the program would result in decreases in residents' destructive responses and increases in constructive responses to relationship conflict scenarios as well as reductions in negative affect experienced during these conflict scenarios. Residents (N = 104) across six residential facilities participated in the pilot over 4 weeks. Pre and post program completion, residents read three vignettes in which they were asked to imagine themselves as experiencing each of

SUBMITTER: Karantzas GC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11693445 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature