Perceived Premarital Counseling Outcomes Among Recently Married Army Personnel

Wr, Schumm; Silliman, Benjamin; Db, Bell

doi:10.1080/009262300278579

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“…We base this prediction on studies indicating that lower-risk couples are overly represented in premarital education programs (e.g., Sullivan & Bradbury, 1997) and that premarital education can yield benefits for couples. We test this prediction against the alternative view that participation in premarital education operates as a gateway to later help-seeking, such that prior exposure to interventions may increase the acceptability of later interventions or encourage couples' pursuit of later interventions, an idea tested specifically by Schumm, Silliman, and Bell (2000) and articulated explicitly by Stanley (2001). The Schumm et al (2000) study of married soldiers lends preliminary support to the gateway perspective, but greater statistical control of factors that increase selection into interventions (e.g., religiosity) is needed before this alternative prediction can be held with confidence.…”

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Does premarital education decrease or increase couples’ later help-seeking?

Williamson¹,

Trail²,

Bradbury³

et al. 2014

Journal of Family Psychology

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Interventions intended to prevent relationship distress are expected to enhance relationship satisfaction and, in turn, reduce the need for later couples counseling. We test this prediction against an alternative possibility: participation in preventive interventions may operate as a gateway for later help-seeking, paradoxically increasing receipt of later couples counseling. A cross-sectional study of 2,126 married individuals examined whether participation in premarital education covaried inversely or directly with couples counseling. Consistent with the gateway hypothesis, receiving premarital education covaried with an increased likelihood of receiving couples counseling. The association between receipt of premarital education and pursuit of couples counseling was moderated by demographic indicators, with the association being stronger for African Americans and for individuals with lower incomes and less formal education. Encouraging the use of premarital interventions may increase the use of therapeutic interventions later in the relationship, especially among high-risk populations.

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Does premarital education decrease or increase couples’ later help-seeking?

Williamson¹,

Trail²,

Bradbury³

et al. 2014

Journal of Family Psychology

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“…In a phone survey of thousands of married individuals with a wide range of marital duration, participation in RE and current marital satisfaction were strongly positively associated (Schumm, Resnick, Silliman, & Bell, 1998). However, in a similar study of married individuals whose average marital duration was about one year, no such association emerged (Schumm, Silliman, & Bell, 2000). These contradictory findings may be related to the methodological issues inherent in survey research.…”

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Relationship education and marital satisfaction in newlywed couples: A propensity score analysis.

Cobb¹,

Sullivan²

2015

Journal of Family Psychology

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The purpose of this study was to investigate whether premarital relationship education and characteristics of relationship education in a community sample of newlywed couples predicted marital trajectories over 27 months. Newlywed couples (N = 191) completed measures of marital satisfaction 9 times over 27 months, and prior to marriage they provided information about relationship education and demographic, personal, and relationship risk factors for marital distress. Propensity scores (i.e., the probability of receiving relationship education) were estimated using the marital distress risk factors, and used to derive a matched sample of 72 couples who participated in relationship education and 86 couples who did not. Multilevel analyses of the propensity score matched sample (n = 158) indicated that wives who participated in relationship education had declines in marital satisfaction while wives who did not receive relationship education maintained satisfaction over time. Furthermore, the more hours of relationship education the couple participated in, the less steeply their marital satisfaction declined. Findings indicate that participation in community-based relationship education may not prevent declines in marital satisfaction for newlywed couples. A possible explanation is that the quality of relationship education available to couples is generally poor and could be greatly improved by inclusion of empirically based relationship information and skills training that are known to lead to stronger marriages.

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Premarital Education: An Assessment of Program Efficacy*

McGeorge

Carlson

2006

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a premarital educational program, with the secondary goal of determining if the structure (conjoint versus group) and the participants' gender influenced program effectiveness. Data were collected from 29 heterosexual couples. Couples were placed in one of three conditions:(1) premarital education in a group format, (2) premarital education as an individual couple, or (3) the comparison group (no premarital education). The goal of the 8-week intervention was to improve couples' readiness and preparation for marriage as measured by the PREP-M. The findings suggested that the educational program achieved its stated goal.

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Perceived Premarital Counseling Outcomes Among Recently Married Army Personnel

Cited by 19 publications

References 23 publications

Does premarital education decrease or increase couples’ later help-seeking?

Does premarital education decrease or increase couples’ later help-seeking?

Relationship education and marital satisfaction in newlywed couples: A propensity score analysis.

Premarital Education: An Assessment of Program Efficacy*

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