THE LONG TERM EFFECTS OF PREMARITAL INTERVENTION

关于婚姻苦恼的行为方法和行为研究的文献 婚姻治疗的总结包括对理解和理解的影响 防止婚姻痛苦。提出的证据表明，沟通和 交换缺陷可能在病因上与婚姻的发展有关 苦恼。这项提议有两个主要目标。第一，进行一项 对计划结婚的夫妇进行纵向研究，以增加我们的 理解沟通因素在婚姻发展中的作用 问题，并检验这样一个假设：功能失调的沟通模式 先于婚姻困扰的发展。第二，制定和评估 婚前行为干预的长期(预防性)影响 旨在增强沟通和解决问题技能的计划，在 夫妻未来的关系满意度和沟通模式。因此， 建议的设计要求进行干预，不设治疗对照组。这个 夫妻关系满意度、问题强度与沟通方式 将在最初的三年内按五个时间点进行评估 以实现这两个目标。研究1的独立副本， 另一组不同的夫妻也被提出。 总而言之，尽管大多数研究人员、专业人士和非专业人士都同意 沟通是发展和保持成功的 关于婚姻关系，几乎没有进行过纵向研究 探讨沟通因素在抑郁和抑郁发展中的作用 没有痛苦的关系。拟议的研究不仅会增加我们的 了解婚姻痛苦的动态，但会提供第一个 对婚前预防计划进行良好控制的长期评估。

The literatures on behavioral approaches to marital distress and behavioral marital therapy are summarized in terms of implications for understanding and preventing marital distress. Evidence is presented that communication and exchange deficits may be etiologically related to the development of marital distress. There are two major objectives of this proposal. First, to conduct a longitudinal study of couples planning marriage in order to increase our understanding of the role of communication factors in the development of marital problems and to test the hypothesis that dysfunctional communication patterns precede the development of marital distress. Second, to develop and evaluate the long term (preventive) effects, of a behavioral premarital intervention program designed to enhance communication and problem-solving skills, on the couples future relationship satisfaction and communication patterns. Thus, the proposed design calls for an intervention and no treatment control group. The couples' relationship satisfaction, problem intensity and communication patterns will be assessed at five points in time over an initial three year period in order to achieve the two objectives. An independent replication of Study 1, with a different cohort of couples is also proposed. In sum, while most researchers, professionals, and lay people agree that communication is the key factor in developing and maintaining a successful marital relationship, virtually no longitudinal research has been conducted examining the role of communication factors in the development of distressed and nondistressed relationships. The proposed study will not only increase our understanding of the dynamics of marital distress, but will provide the first well-controlled long term evaluation of a premarital prevention program.