A Replication and Validation of the Spousal Inventory of Desired Changes and Relationship Barriers (SIDCARB): Elaborations on Diagnostic and Clinical Utilization

In this article, the authors present the findings of a study designed to validate the factor structure of the Spousal Inventory of Desired Changes and Relationship Barriers (SIDCARB). Results from this research reveal that the original factor structure remained essentially the same. Scoring and interpretations of the couple profile are discussed and treatment decisions based upon the couple profile are outlined. Although the development of SIDCARB grew out of a social learning-behavioral philosophy of marital and family interaction, this instrument yields information that can be useful to structural marital and family therapists as well.