LONG TERM EFFECTS OF PREMARITAL INTERVENTION

婚前干预的长期影响

• 批准号: 2674802
• 负责人: HOWARD J MARKMAN
• 金额: $ 33.21万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF DENVER (COLORADO SEMINARY)
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1985
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1985-02-01 至 2000-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2674802
• 关键词: behavior prediction; behavioral /social science research tag; communication behavior; conflict; decision making; dyadic interaction; education; human subject; marriage /marital status; marriage counseling; religious group; spouses

Funding is sought for a four year longitudinal study to conduct a large scale community-based prevention trial of a program designed to teach premarital couples skills for handling conflict. In earlier funding periods we developed and evaluated a theory driven, empirically-based conflict-management skill-training program (The Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program, PREP) that has been successful in a number of small controlled intervention trials. This proposal moves to the next stage of our prevention research program. The major aim of this proposal is to conduct larger prevention trials with a clearly defined population that represents the ultimate targets for our program (couples getting married in the US) in an existing service delivery system (Religious Organizations). Seventy-five percent of first marriages occur in Religious Organizations most of which are already committed to providing some form of premarital intervention. Thus, a second aim of this project is to evaluate the extent to which we can train clergy or lay leaders to deliver the PREP program in religious settings - - settings where most couples who marry already receive some services. By "training trainers" we take advantage of an "multiplier effect" in the dissemination of the program. To the extent we can institutionalize a successful program for divorce and distress prevention in the community, we can have a major impact on the high rates of destructive marital conflict and divorce and associated mental health problems. To accomplish these aims we will randomly select 180 Religious Organizations (RO) from a larger group of eligible RO's, and randomly assign ROs to one of four conditions: 1) PREP delivered by trained clergy/lay leaders, 2) PREP delivered by our University of Denver based team, 3) An information-based program that controls for attention-placebo factors, and 4) Naturally occurring premarital intervention services. Outcome measures will be expanded beyond typical measures of marital quality, to include mental health outcomes and we will assess the extent to which yearly booster sessions can enhance the maintenance of preventive effects over time.

正在寻求资金进行一项为期四年的纵向研究，以进行大规模的研究 旨在教学的计划的大规模社区预防试验 婚前夫妻处理冲突的技巧。 在早期的融资中 我们开发并评估了一个理论驱动的、基于经验的 冲突管理技能培训计划（预防和 关系增强计划（PREP）已在 小型对照干预试验的数量。 该提案移至 我们的预防研究计划的下一阶段。 此次活动的主要目的 建议进行更大规模的预防试验，并明确界定 代表我们计划最终目标的人口（夫妇 在美国结婚）在现有的服务提供系统中 （宗教组织）。 百分之七十五的第一次婚姻发生 在宗教组织中，其中大多数已经致力于 提供某种形式的婚前干预。 因此，第二个目标 这个项目是为了评估我们可以在多大程度上培训神职人员或平信徒 领导人在宗教场所开展 PREP 计划 - - 场所 大多数结婚的夫妇已经在那里接受了一些服务。 通过“培训 培训师”，我们在传播中利用了“乘数效应” 的程序。 只要我们能够将成功的 社区离婚和痛苦预防计划，我们可以 对破坏性婚姻冲突的高发生率产生重大影响 离婚和相关的心理健康问题。 为了实现这些目标，我们将随机选择 180 个宗教 组织 (RO) 来自更大的合格 RO 组，并且随机 将 RO 分配给以下四种情况之一：1) 由经过培训的人员提供 PREP 神职人员/平信徒领袖，2) 由我们丹佛大学提供的 PREP 团队，3）一个基于信息的程序，控制注意力安慰剂 因素，以及 4) 自然发生的婚前干预服务。 结果衡量标准将扩展到典型的婚姻衡量标准之外 质量，包括心理健康结果，我们将评估其程度 每年的加强会议可以加强预防性维护 随着时间的推移的影响。