Relationship Help‐Seeking in a Danish Population Sample. (6th August 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Trillingsgaard, Tea; Sørensen, Trine K.; Fentz, Hanne N.
• Is Part Of: Journal of marital and family therapy. Volume 45:Number 3(2019)
• Page Start: 380
• Page End: 394
• Publication Date: 2018-08-06
• Subjects: Marriage counseling -- United States -- Periodicals; Family psychotherapy -- Periodicals; Counseling -- Periodicals; Family -- Periodicals; Family Therapy -- Periodicals; Marriage -- Periodicals; Gezinstherapie; Conseil conjugal -- États-Unis -- Périodiques; Thérapie familiale -- Périodiques; 616.89156
• DOI: 10.1111/jmft.12347
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0194-472X

Abstract

Abstract : Empirically supported couple interventions often transfer from the US to several other parts of the world yet we have little data on their final reach. This study investigated relationship help‐seeking in a random population sample of 1, 371 individuals living with a partner in Denmark, a European high income – high divorce country. Only a small fraction of respondents had ever sought couple education (3%) or counseling/therapy (7%) with their partner. Among respondents experiencing a severe relationship crisis, individual types of help‐seeking were the most prevalent. Both women (38.9%) and men (27.8%) with a recent relationship crisis sought information online, and mostly women (19.4%) also sought individual therapy. Findings can inform strategies for increasing the reach of couples in new cultural contexts.