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This chapter reports the use of the Couple’s Relating to Each Other Questionnaire (CREOQ; Birtchnell, Relating in psychotherapy: The application of a new theory. Hardback, Westport, CT: Praeger; paperback, London, UK: Brunner-Routledge, 1999/2002; Birtchnell et al., Psychology and Psychotherapy, 79, 339–364, 2006) in a study which investigated whether siblings are a shadow of influence surrounding adult relationships (Gordon, Siblings – Are they a shadow of influence surrounding adult intimate relationships? Unpublished doctoral thesis. The University of Kent, UK, 2004). The CREOQ was administered to a patient sample of 40 couples presenting for therapy with marital problems at Relate Centres in East Anglia, UK, and a control group of 120 married couples. Each partner was asked to indicate his/her birth order position and sibling situation in his/her family of origin. During the course of the research, it became increasingly apparent how the unique design of the CREOQ engaged therapy couples and this has enabled its subsequent use in therapeutic work for different couple combinations by the author.
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Gordon, D. (2016). The Use of the Couple’s Relating to Each Other Questionnaire (CREOQ) in Couple Therapy. In: Birtchnell, J., Newberry, M., Kalaitzaki, A. (eds) Relating Theory – Clinical and Forensic Applications. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-50459-3_14
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