It is essential that couple and family therapy researchers understand how to incorporate multiple family members into their research analyses.  Exciting new methods to analyze dyadic data are now readily available and have the potential to meaningfully advance the types of research questions that can be answered. Dyadic data analysis can also elevate the way we use clinical data. Moreover, the implications from dyadic data analysis have the potential to transform and shed new light on potential new strategies that can be applied to couple therapy. This symposium will present several papers that use dyadic data analysis techniques on topics relevant to couple and family therapy researchers.  The authors use different data sets, methods, and theoretical frameworks to examine couple relationships and couple therapy.

Objectives

Participants will be introduced to dyadic data analysis techniques using data and topics that are relevant to couple and family therapy researchers.Participants will understand the need for dyadic data analysis when conducting research with couples and families.Participants will learn about the processes of dyadic data analysis techniques.Participants will be introduced to highly sophisticated but accessible analysis techniques that can better answer questions from couple and family therapy perspectives.