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Direct linkTrillingsgaard, Tea; Baucom, Katherine J. W.; Heyman, Richard E.; Elklit, Ask – Family Relations, 2012
This study evaluated the efficacy of the Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP) adapted for Danish couples expecting their first child. Couples were recruited consecutively through a public maternity ward (N = 290). On the basis of due dates, they were allocated to (a) PREP, (b) an information-based control group (INFO), or (c)…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Females, Parents, Control Groups
McAllister, Shelece; Duncan, Stephen F.; Hawkins, Alan J. – Family Relations, 2012
This meta-analysis examines the efficacy of self-directed marriage and relationship education (MRE) programs on relationship quality and communication skills. Programs combining traditional face-to-face learning with self-directed elements are also examined, and traditional programs' effectiveness is included as a comparison point. Sixteen studies…
Descriptors: Evidence, Meta Analysis, Communication Skills, Effect Size
Lucier-Greer, Mallory; Adler-Baeder, Francesca – Family Relations, 2012
Recent meta-analytic efforts have documented how couple and relationship education (CRE) programs promote healthy relationship and family functioning. The current meta-analysis contributes to this body of literature by examining stepfamily couples, an at-risk, subpopulation of participants, and assessing the effectiveness of CRE programs for…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Family Relationship, Meta Analysis, Family Structure
Rienks, Shauna L.; Wadsworth, Martha E.; Markman, Howard J.; Einhorn, Lindsey; Etter, Erica Moran – Family Relations, 2011
This study investigates father involvement among a sample of ethnically diverse, low-income men participating in a randomized controlled trial of a 14-hour relationship education program that teaches skills and principles for healthy relationships. Utilizing data from 137 fathers, we examined contextual, individual, and coparental relationship…
Descriptors: Family Income, Workshops, Fathers, Males
Shlafer, Rebecca J.; Poehlmann, Julie; Coffino, Brianna; Hanneman, Ashley – Family Relations, 2009
We investigated children and families who were participating in a mentoring program targeting children with incarcerated parents. Using multiple methods and informants, we explored the development of the mentoring relationship, challenges and benefits of mentoring children with incarcerated parents, and match termination in 57 mentor-child dyads.…
Descriptors: Mentors, Institutionalized Persons, Program Descriptions, Interpersonal Relationship
Gardner, Scott P.; Boellaard, Rila – Family Relations, 2007
"Connections: Relationships and Marriage" ("Connections") is a high school marriage education curriculum designed to teach students how to develop healthy relationships and marriages. This study evaluated the effectiveness of this curriculum over 4-years postintervention with a matched set of 72 high school students who were in either the…
Descriptors: High Schools, Marriage, Interpersonal Relationship, Family Life Education
Kim Halford, W.; Moore, Elizabeth; Wilson, Keithia L.; Farrugia, Charles; Dyer, Carmel – Family Relations, 2004
The current study evaluated Couple CARE, a flexible delivery relationship education program. Fifty-nine couples were randomly assigned to either Couple CARE or a control condition and assessed on relationship self-regulation, satisfaction and stability, and communication. Retention, engagement, and satisfaction with the program were all high. As…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Marital Instability, Self Control, Interpersonal Relationship
Peer reviewedDavis, E. Clifton; And Others – Family Relations, 1982
Compared selected psychological indices of married couples who attended marriage enrichment programs. Results reveal that participants in the five-week group showed more improved marital adjustment than those in the weekend group. Wives demonstrated more positive changes than husbands. Overall, both marriage enrichment programs appeared to be…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Emotional Adjustment, Enrichment Activities
Paris, Ruth; Dubus, Nicole – Family Relations, 2005
Fifteen at-risk new mothers participating in a volunteer home-visiting program were interviewed about their experiences with these home-visitors and their relationships with close family and friends after their babies were born. Results of the qualitative analysis, viewed through the lens of Relational Cultural Theory (RCT), detail the social…
Descriptors: Social Isolation, Emotional Development, Mothers, Infants
Peer reviewedBlinn-Pike, Lynn; Kuschel, Diane; McDaniel, Annette; Mingus, Suzanne; Mutti, Megan Poole – Family Relations, 1998
The process that occurs in relationships between volunteer adult mentors and pregnant adolescent "mentees" is described empirically; testable hypotheses based on findings concerning the mentor role are proposed. Case records from 20 mentors are analyzed; findings regarding mentors' roles are discussed. Criteria for conceptualizing quasi-parenting…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Early Parenthood, High School Students, Interpersonal Relationship
