Content-free study of marital resemblances in group therapy.

A study of 2 completely tape-recorded marriage-counseling groups, each composed of 4 couples in which husbands were problem drinkers. Each session was divided into statement units according to fixed rules. Each client received 2 scores per interview: (a) number of statements made and (b) number of statements received. Interperson rho correlation matrices were analyzed by the 1-tailed sign test, using p < .OS as criterion. For both therapy groups and for both scores, spouses were more alike than unmarried oppositesex pairs or same-sex pairs. There was no evidence of complementarity.