{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: A randomized trial of relationship education using Within Our Reach for economically vulnerable couples.
{Author}: Barden SM;Carlson RG;Dillman Taylor D;Dickenson T;Gao R;
{Journal}: Fam Process
{Volume}: 61
{Issue}: 3
{Year}: Sep 2022
{Factor}: 4.319
{DOI}: 10.1111/famp.12781
{Abstract}: Couples relationship education is grounded in teaching couples' skills and strategies to form and sustain healthy relationships. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the impact of a relationship education intervention on emotion regulation, individual distress, dyadic coping, and relationship adjustment utilizing a randomized control trial for economically vulnerable couples. The analysis sample included 1418 couples (2836 individuals) who were randomly assigned to receive the 12-h Within Our Reach curriculum immediately, or to a wait-list control group. We estimated multilevel growth curve models over time among outcomes between treatment and wait-list control conditions. Treatment group couples demonstrated statistically significant improvements over the 6-month study period on emotional regulation and dyadic coping when compared to their wait-list group counterparts. Although models showed improvements in individual distress and relationship adjustments, these improvements did not amount to statistically significant group differences. Implications and limitations are also noted.<BR>夫妻关系教育的基础是教授夫妻形成和维持健康关系的技能和策略。本研究的调查目的是利用一项针对经济弱势夫妇的随机控制试验，研究关系教育干预对情绪调节、个人痛苦、双方应对和关系调整的影响。分析样本包括1,418对夫妇（2,836人），他们被随机分配到立即接受12小时的 "力所能及 " 项目课程，或进入等待名单的对照组。我们预估了一段时间内的多层次增长曲线模型，主要基于治疗和等待控制条件之间的结果情况的。在6个月的研究期间，治疗组的夫妇与等待名单组的夫妇相比，在情绪调节和双方处理关系方面有明显的改善。尽管模型显示在个人痛苦和关系调整方面有所改善，但这些改善并不等同于统计学上显著的群体差异。本文还指出了本研究的启示和局限性。.