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Douglas H. Sprenkle, PhD, LMFT
Introduction
Dr. Sprenkle is a professor emeritus and former director of the Marriage and Family Therapy doctoral program, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. He is currently retired and living in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
Career
Dr. Sprenkle received his Bachelors in Government from Wesleyan University (1963), a masters from Princeton Theological Seminary (1967), and a masters (1973) and doctorate (1975) in Family Social Science with a minor in Psychology from University of Minnesota. While working on his dissertation, Doug spent 2 years as an assistant professor in the Department of Human Development, University of Wisconsin-Stout (1973–1975). He then moved to the Marriage and Family Therapy program at Purdue University, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, where he spent his entire post-doctoral career of 39 years. He was an assistant professor for 5 years. He spent 6...
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Avis, J. M., & Sprenkle, D. H. (1990). Outcome research on family therapy training: A substantive and methodological review. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 16, 241–264. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-0606.1990.tb00846.x.
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Pinsof, W. M., & Wynne, L. C. (1995). The efficacy of marital and family therapy: An empirical overview, conclusions, and recommendations. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 21, 585–613. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-0606.1995.tb00179.x.
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Sprenkle, D. H. (2003). Effectiveness research in marriage and family therapy: Introduction. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 29, 85–96. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-0606.2003.tb00385.x.
Sprenkle, D. H. (2010). The present and future of MFT doctoral education in research-focused universities. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 36, 270–281. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-0606.2009.00159.x.
Sprenkle, D. H. (2012). Intervention research in couple and family therapy: A methodological and substantive review and an introduction to the special issue. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 38, 3–29. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-0606.2011.00271.x.
Sprenkle, D. H., & Blow, A. J. (2004). Common factors and our sacred models. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 30, 113–129. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-0606.2004.tb01228.x.
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Sprenkle, D. H., & Olson, D. H. (1978). Circumplex model of marital systems: An empirical study of clinic and non-clinic couples. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 4, 59–74. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-0606.1978.tb00513.x.
Sprenkle, D. H., & Piercy, F. P. (1984). Research in family therapy: A graduate leve course. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 10, 225–240. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-0606.1984.tb00014.x.
Sprenkle, D. H., & Piercy, F. P. (2005). Research methods in family therapy (2nd ed.). New York: Guilford.
Sprenkle, D. H., & Storm, C. L. (1983). Divorce therapy outcome research: A substantive and methodological review. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 9, 239–258. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-0606.1983.tb01509.x.
Sprenkle, D. H., Davis, S. D., & Lebow, J. (2009). Common factors in couple and family therapy: The overlooked foundation for effective practice. New York: Guilford Press.
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Davis, S.D. (2019). Sprenkle, Douglas. In: Lebow, J.L., Chambers, A.L., Breunlin, D.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49425-8_737
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