A number of studies have documented that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in "one" partner are negatively associated with their intimate partner's psychological functioning. The present study investigated intimate partners' mental health outcomes (i.e., depression, anxiety, and anger) in a sample of 40 partners of individuals with PTSD within a randomized waitlist controlled trial ...

PURPOSE Metastatic breast cancer (MBC) patients are treated with a variety of regimens with differing side effects that can reduce the patients' quality of life. This study assessed the willingness to pay (WTP) to avoid side effects related to MBC treatment using conjoint analysis. METHODS An online, self-administered conjoint analysis survey of US adult female MBC patients was conducted to e...

Title of Thesis: DIRECTION OF PARTNER PSYCHOLOGICAL AGGRESSION AND OUTCOMES OF COUPLE THERAPY: MODERATING EFFECTS OF CLIENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THERAPEUTIC GAINS Morgan Anne Childers, Master of Science, 2012 Thesis directed by: Professor Norman Epstein Department of Family Science Research has consistently found that contrary to longstanding beliefs, partner aggression, both in psychological and p...

Research has shown that people reduce their use of health care after individual, marital, and family therapy, which is known as the "offset effect." However, little research has been done to learn if high utilizers of health care reduce health care usage after therapy. Medical records of research participants (n = 65) from a health maintenance organization (HMO) were randomly selected and exami...

This research elaborates decision models for product innovation in the early phases, focusing on one of the most widely implemented method in marketing research: conjoint analysis and the related conjoint-based models with special focus on heuristics programming techniques for the development of optimal product innovation. The concept, potential, requirements and limitations of conjoint analysi...

Traditional models of conjoint measurement look for an additive representation of transitive preferences. They have been generalized in two directions. Nontransitive additive conjoint measurement models allow for nontransitive preferences while retaining the additivity feature of traditional models. Decomposable conjoint measurement models are transitive but replace additivity by a mere decompo...

At the present time, there is one set of techniques for proving representation theorems for finite measurement structures an another set for infinite structures. Techniques for finite structures were developed in Scott (1964) and basically consist of solving finite sets of inequalities; techniques for infinite structures in one way or another resemble those used in Holder (1901) an d consist of...

Cognitive-Behavioral Conjoint Therapy for PTSD: Initial Findings for Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom Male Combat Veterans and Their Partners Jeremiah A. Schumm a , Steffany J. Fredman b , Candice M. Monson c & Kathleen M. Chard a a Cincinnati VA Medical Center and University of Cincinnati , Cincinnati , Ohio , USA b Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School , Boston , Mass...