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Relationship Help-Seeking in a Danish Population Sample.
Tea Trillingsgaard1, Trine K Sørensen1, Hanne N Fentz1
1Aarhus University.
Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
|August 8, 2018
Summary
Few couples seek formal relationship help, even in crisis. Most seek information online or individual therapy, highlighting challenges in extending couple interventions globally.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Public Health
Background:
- Empirically supported couple interventions frequently transfer across cultures, but their real-world reach remains understudied.
- Understanding relationship help-seeking behaviors is crucial for adapting interventions to diverse populations.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate relationship help-seeking behaviors in a Danish population sample.
- To assess the utilization of couple education and counseling/therapy.
- To identify prevalent help-seeking strategies during severe relationship crises.
Main Methods:
- A random population sample of 1,371 cohabiting individuals in Denmark was surveyed.
- Data collected on past help-seeking for relationship issues, including couple education, counseling, and individual therapy.
- Analysis focused on help-seeking patterns, particularly during severe relationship crises.
Main Results:
- Low rates of formal couple intervention use: 3% for couple education, 7% for counseling/therapy.
- During severe relationship crises, individual help-seeking predominated.
- Significant online information seeking (38.9% women, 27.8% men) and individual therapy (19.4% women) were reported.
Conclusions:
- Current couple interventions reach only a small fraction of the population in Denmark.
- Individual-focused help-seeking is more common, especially during crises.
- Findings suggest a need for strategies to improve the accessibility and uptake of couple interventions in new cultural contexts.
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