The paradox of health
ADVERSE EFFECTS, BARLOW
To the best of our knowledge, no previous study has investigated adverse effects of relationship checkups on stress or other unintended reactions. This may be an oversight, since temporary adverse or ambivalent reactions to therapy are relatively common in accompanying the positive treatment effects (e.g., Barlow, In medicine, scholars have described the If one partner goes through the steps of problem recognition and help‐seeking considerations before the other partner, an experience of being “dragged by one's feet” to a relationship checkup might be stressful (Doss et al., 