Can skills training prevent relationship problems in at-risk couples? Four-year effects of a behavioral relationship education program
Can skills training prevent relationship problems in at-risk couples? Four-year effects of a behavioral relationship education program
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DOI：
10.1037//0893-3200.15.4.750
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发表时间：
2001-12-01
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Behrens, BC
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作者：
Halford, WK;Sanders, MR;Behrens, BC
83对夫妇被分为关系困扰的高风险和低风险组，并随机分为自我调节预防和关系增强计划（Self-PREP）或对照组。正如预测的那样，自我准备对高风险和低风险夫妇的影响不同。由于统计功效较低，因此必须谨慎解释结果，但在1年随访时，Self-PREP中的高风险夫妇显示出比对照夫妇更好的沟通趋势。然而，自我准备和控制低风险夫妇的沟通没有差异。接受自我准备的高风险夫妇在4年时表现出比对照夫妇更高的关系满意度，但在低风险夫妇中，关系满意度在对照条件下更高。高风险夫妇似乎受益于基于技能的关系教育，但低风险夫妇没有。
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.