A randomized trial of relationship education using Within Our Reach for economically vulnerable couples.

Autor: Barden SM; Department of Counselor Education, Marriage and Family Research Institute, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA., Carlson RG; Department of Educational Studies, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA., Dillman Taylor D; Department of Counselor Education, Marriage and Family Research Institute, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA., Dickenson T; Department of Educational Studies, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA., Gao R; Department of Educational Studies, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Family process [Fam Process] 2022 Sep; Vol. 61 (3), pp. 1005-1020. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 May 11.
DOI: 10.1111/famp.12781
Abstrakt: Couples relationship education is grounded in teaching couples' skills and strategies to form and sustain healthy relationships. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the impact of a relationship education intervention on emotion regulation, individual distress, dyadic coping, and relationship adjustment utilizing a randomized control trial for economically vulnerable couples. The analysis sample included 1418 couples (2836 individuals) who were randomly assigned to receive the 12-h Within Our Reach curriculum immediately, or to a wait-list control group. We estimated multilevel growth curve models over time among outcomes between treatment and wait-list control conditions. Treatment group couples demonstrated statistically significant improvements over the 6-month study period on emotional regulation and dyadic coping when compared to their wait-list group counterparts. Although models showed improvements in individual distress and relationship adjustments, these improvements did not amount to statistically significant group differences. Implications and limitations are also noted.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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