Web-Based Marriage Education for Foster, Kinship, and Adoptive Couples

针对寄养、亲属和收养夫妇的基于网络的婚姻教育

• 批准号: 7109023
• 负责人: Richard J. Delaney
• 金额: $ 17.98万
• 依托单位: NORTHWEST MEDIA, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-06-01 至 2007-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7109023
• 关键词: Internet; child foster care /adoption; child rearing; clinical research; communication behavior; computer assisted instruction; computer graphics /printing; computer system design /evaluation; education evaluation /planning; educational resource design /development; focus groups; human subject; interactive multimedia; parent offspring interaction; training

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Half of all marriages end in divorce and many others suffer periods of acute stress. The impact on couples and children is substantial. Intervention efforts in this area are increasingly focusing on marital education; that is, teaching couples social-communication skills and attuning expectations to avoid the negative communication patterns that tend to erode satisfaction in the relationship over time. Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program, or PREP, is a leading empirically-based program in this area. The program has also been adapted for use with special populations for whom marriage expectations are closely linked to circumstances and/or values. Researchers agree that training must separately address groups based on, for example, religious values, socioeconomic status, and military life. Another large and unique group is foster, kinship, and adoptive parents. These couples are subjected to extraordinary stressors on their marriage: trying to manage very disturbed child behavior, dealing with the care system, relating to birth parents, and perceptions of being a different type of family. The stability of the marriage is also critical to maintaining the placement of the child. We propose developing an interactive Web-based version of PREP that specifically addresses the needs and challenges of this population. In Phase I we will develop the first lecture of the training on recognizing communication patterns in relationships. In addition to the multimedia training, the module will include an interactive assessment component and an interactive coaching journal. The unit will be tested with a national sample of foster, kinship, and adoptive couples on measures of patterns of communication in relationships, content knowledge, and relationship confidence.

描述（由申请人提供）：一半的婚姻以离婚告终，许多其他人遭受严重的压力。对夫妇和儿童的影响是巨大的。这一领域的干预努力越来越多地侧重于婚姻教育，即教会夫妻社交技巧和调整期望，以避免消极的沟通模式，这种模式往往会随着时间的推移而削弱关系的满意度。预防和关系增强计划，或PREP，是这一领域领先的基于实践的计划。该方案还经过调整，以适用于婚姻期望与环境和/或价值观密切相关的特殊人群。研究人员认为，培训必须分别针对基于宗教价值观，社会经济地位和军事生活的群体。另一个庞大而独特的群体是养父母、亲属和养父母。这些夫妇在婚姻中承受着巨大的压力：试图管理非常不安的孩子行为，处理护理系统，与亲生父母有关，以及对不同类型家庭的看法。婚姻的稳定性对维持儿童的安置也至关重要。我们建议开发一个互动的基于Web的版本的PREP，专门解决这一人群的需求和挑战。在第一阶段，我们将开发第一堂关于识别人际关系中的沟通模式的培训课程。除了多媒体培训外，该单元还将包括一个互动式评估部分和一份互动式辅导日志。该单位将进行测试，与全国样本的寄养，亲属关系，和收养夫妇的沟通模式的关系，内容的知识和关系的信心的措施。