Using What Premarital Couples Already Know to Inform Marriage Education: Integration of a Gottman Model Perspective

Autor: Kristen Benson, Mary W. Hicks, Lenore M. McWey, Stacy Hernandez West
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Contemporary Family Therapy. 26:97-113
ISSN: 0892-2764
DOI: 10.1023/b:coft.0000016915.27368.0b
Popis: The Marriage Preparation and Preservation Act of Florida stimulated a study of premarital couples. “What are the best things that you do in your relationship” was asked in a survey of persons seeking marriage licenses. The sample consisted of 962 participants. Responses were examined using Gottman's “Sound Marital House” (1999) as a theoretical framework. Results indicate that premarital participants view specific aspects of the Sound Marital House as the best things they contribute to their relationship. Responses can be used as a guide to the development of a Gottman-based marriage preparation curriculum.
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