The marriage moments program for couples transitioning to parenthood: Divergent conclusions from formative and outcome evaluation data

被引：28

作者：

Hawkins, Alan J. ^{[1
]}

Fawcett, Elizabeth B. ^{[1
]}

Carroll, Jason S. ^{[1
]}

Gilliland, Tamara T. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Brigham Young Univ, Sch Family Life, Provo, UT 84602 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY | 2006年 / 20卷 / 04期

关键词：

childbirth education; marriage education; psychoeducation; program evaluation; transition to parenthood;

D O I：

10.1037/0893-3200.20.4.561

中图分类号：

B849 [应用心理学];

学科分类号：

040203 ;

摘要：

This article presents the results of a pilot study of the Marriage Moments program, designed to prevent relationship deterioration during the 1st year of parenthood. The self-guided, low-intensity program emphasizes strengthening marital virtues and partnership during this time of significant personal and family transition. One hundred fifty-five married couples participated in a randomized clinical trial with 2 psychoeducational treatment groups (a self-guided group and an instructor-encouraged group) and a comparable control group. Despite positive formative evaluation results from program participants, hierarchical linear modeling analyses failed to find significant Group X Time differences on spouses' reports of marital virtues and a set of relational outcome measures. This failure reinforces the need for psychoeducators to invest in outcome evaluation research before claiming program success.

引用

页码：561 / 570

页数：10

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