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A More Optimistic Perspective on Government-Supported Marriage and Relationship Education Programs for Lower Income Couples
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Hawkins, Alan J.; Stanley, Scott M.; Cowan, Philip A.; Fincham, Frank D.; Beach, Steven R. H.; Cowan, Carolyn Pape; Rhoades, Galena K.; Markman, Howard J.; Daire, Andrew P. – American Psychologist, 2013
In the past decade, the federal government, some states, and numerous communities have initiated programs to help couples form and sustain healthy marriages and relationships in order to increase family stability for children. Thus, the authors value the attention given to this emerging policy area by the "American Psychologist" in a recent…
Descriptors: Marriage, Interpersonal Relationship, Low Income Groups, Federal Aid
Promoting Fathers' Engagement with Children: Preventive Interventions for Low-Income Families
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Cowan, Philip A.; Cowan, Carolyn Pape; Pruett, Marsha Kline; Pruett, Kyle; Wong, Jessie J. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2009
Few programs to enhance fathers' engagement with children have been systematically evaluated, especially for low-income minority populations. In this study, 289 couples from primarily low-income Mexican American and European American families were randomly assigned to one of three conditions and followed for 18 months: 16-week groups for fathers,…
Descriptors: Intervention, Low Income Groups, Mexican Americans, Fathers
Promoting Healthy Beginnings: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Preventive Intervention to Preserve Marital Quality During the Transition to Parenthood
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Schulz, Marc S.; Cowan, Carolyn Pape; Cowan, Philip A. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
Couples expecting their first child were randomly assigned to intervention (n = 28) and comparison groups (n = 38) to assess the efficacy of a couples intervention and examine marital satisfaction trajectories across the transition to parenthood. The primarily European American sample (M age = 30 years) completed assessments of marital…
Descriptors: Parents, Marriage Counseling, Intervention, Pregnancy
Beyond Meta-Analysis: A Plea for a Family Systems View of Attachment.
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Cowan, Philip A. – Child Development, 1997
Argues that although meta-analysis makes an important contribution to summarizing attachment studies, it limits the conceptual understanding to simple causal models and ignores family systems models that could illuminate the development of secure and insecure attachment. Maintains that fathers' role in attachment and the impact of the quality of…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Family (Sociological Unit), Fathers, Infants
What We Talk about When We Talk about Families.
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Cowan, Philip A. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1999
Discusses aspects of the Family Narrative Consortium's multisite, multidisciplinary collaboration to study the effect of social context on family narratives. Considers the value of the study for developing a coding system for narratives that yields comparable results across research sites. Examines the measures, epistemological issues,…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Family Environment, Family History, Family Influence
Interventions to Ease the Transition to Parenthood: Why They Are Needed and What They Can Do.
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Cowan, Carolyn Pape; Cowan, Philip A. – Family Relations, 1995
Data shows couples in low-risk circumstances experience individual and marital distress after having a baby; however, no services exist to ease this transition. Interventions have been offered to high-risk mothers, but few are based on before-to-after parenthood studies that would identify risk factors. Describes interventions in both populations…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Development, Child Rearing, Family Counseling