This workbook is designed for participants in a PICK (Premarital Interpersonal Choices and Knowledge) a Partner program, a program designed to assess the compatibility of an individual for marriage. It is divided into five sessions that provide information and materials for instructions for 43-minute to 2-hour classes. The sessions address: characteristics of difficult partners in […]
This training manual provides pastors and counselors with information and materials for supervising a PREPARE/ENRICH Marriage Mentor Program in their churches and communities. The program provides premarital and newlywed couples with a marriage mentor couple, feedback sessions using couple exercises, and group discussions for empowering couples. After an outline of the program, the manual describes […]
This instructor’s manual includes information for conducting the Marriage LINKS (Lasting Intimacy through Nurturing Knowledge and Skills) program. Section 1 provides an overview of the course and the needed tools to form a class, choose a format, and facilitate discussion around the most important areas. Section 2 is divided into five sessions that provide instructions […]
This training kit is designed to assist premarital and newlywed couples. It includes directions for taking a relationship assessment, three DVDs, a guide for leaders, two audio date night CDs, a workbook for couples, and the book “”Marriage on the Rocks.”” Couples begin the PREPARE to Last Program by taking the Couple Checkup assessment, an […]
This book uses a Flag Page computer printout to illustrate differences in personalities and motivations that drive individuals. Individuals are asked to respond to 56 common traits on an on-line assessment that measures four different types of personality temperaments: control, fun, perfect, and peace. Each of these four temperaments are explained and information is provided […]
Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Survey (N = 3,567), we examine the links between relationship status, relationship quality, and race and ethnicity in breastfeeding initiation. We consider four relationship types: married, cohabiting, romantically involved but not cohabiting (termed visiting), and nonromantically involved mothers. We find that even after adjusting for a […]
Drawing on the ethics of Christianity, this book offers strategies for helping couples to prevent divorce by learning how to build a lifelong marriage. It begins by examining what is wrong with divorce, including scriptural condemnation of divorce, the harm to children, the negative economic impact, and the pain divorce continues to cause adults. Following […]
This investigation tested whether parenting mediates longitudinal associations between marital conflict and children’s adjustment. Data were drawn from a three-wave study of 283 families with children aged 8 – 16 years at Wave 1. Relations among marital conflict, parenting (behavioral control, psychological autonomy, and warmth), and children’s adjustment (externalizing and internalizing) were examined. Structural equation […]
Drawing from principles of Christianity, this book considers marriage related issues and discusses secrets to a successful marital relationship. It begins by explaining that marriage is a Divine blueprint for the perfect union between a man and a woman and that the oneness between a man and women can only be achieved in a marriage […]
Chapter 1: Path of the Strong. Chapter 2: Communication. Chapter 3: Conflict Resolution. Chapter 4: Role Relationships. Chapter 5: Managing Finances. Chapter 6: Spiritual Beliefs. Chapter 7: Sexual Relationship. Chapter 8: Mapping Your Couple Relationship. Chapter 9: Children and Parenting. Chapter 10: Personal, Couple and Family Goals. (A curriculum resource)