Can skills training prevent relationship problems in at-risk couples? Four-year effects of a behavioral relationship education program.
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Family Psychology
- Vol. 15 (4) , 750-768
- https://doi.org/10.1037//0893-3200.15.4.750
Abstract
Eighty-three couples were stratified into groups at high and low risk for relationship distress and randomized to either the Self-Regulatory Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (Self-PREP) or a control condition. As predicted, there were differential effects of Self-PREP on high-risk and low-risk couples. Because of low statistical power, results must be interpreted cautiously, but at 1-year follow-up high-risk couples in Self-PREP showed trends toward better communication than control couples. However, there was no difference in the communication of Self-PREP and control low-risk couples. High-risk couples receiving Self-PREP exhibited higher relationship satisfaction at 4 years than control couples, but in low-risk couples relationship satisfaction was higher in the control condition. High-risk couples seemed to benefit from skills-based relationship education, but low-risk couples did not.Keywords
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