Drawing on data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, we examine how unmarried parents’ risk of divorce influences their decision to delay marriage. We first use the sample of initially married mothers in the study to estimate their probability of marital dissolution as a function of individual, relationship, and contextual variables. We then […]
These video clips are from the 2000 satellite broadcast, Marriage and Couples Education: An Overview of an Emerging Issue, sponsored by USDA/CSREES with the direction of the National Marriage and Couples Education Workgroup. Contents include: 1) Welcome and Overview – Anna Mae Kobbe, National Program Leader Family Life & Human Development, USDA/CSREES (retired); 2) Putting […]
Marriage and couples’ education is a family issue that is gaining greater attention by family studies professionals, state and Federal policymakers, and the media. At the same time that marriage and couples’ education is being recognized as a national issue, increasing numbers of Cooperative Extension System (CES) educators are being asked to provide workshops and […]
Eighty-three couples were stratified into groups at high and low risk for relationship distress and randomized to either the Self-Regulatory Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (Self-PREP) or a control condition. As predicted, there were differential effects of Self-PREP on high-risk and low-risk couples. Because of low statistical power, results must be interpreted cautiously, but at […]
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), DHHS, is committed to helpingcommunities build comprehensive Community Healthy Marriage Initiatives (CHMI) designedto help couples who choose marriage for themselves form and sustain a healthy marriage. Thisinitiative is central to ACF’s mission of assuring the well-being of children. Each communityinterested in developing a CHMI is encouraged to build […]
Associations among prenatal expectations, the extent to which expectations were confirmed or disconfirmed, and trajectories of marital satisfaction over the transition to parenthood were assessed 7-11 times in a sample of newlywed couples. Piecewise growth curve analyses were conducted to examine levels of marital satisfaction at the beginning of marriage and rates of change over […]
Research and programming are interrelated. Good research leads to good programming and good programs can lead to good research. This article describes methods to incorporate research into marriage and relationship programming and ways to generate new research. Specifically, research informed programming and programmatic research are discussed. A process to develop and modify programs using existing […]
The marriage and family therapy (MFT) field has made tremendous progress in acknowledging the importance of multicultural training. Nevertheless, multiculturally committed MFT trainers still struggle with issues of multicultural course design and delivery. In a subject so controversial and which requires a great deal of experience and skills to teach, little has been done in […]
Making positive and sustainable impacts on current and future marriages is more likely to occur when the community is actively engaged. Effective community collaborations create cultures and support mechanisms that help individuals and couples acquire the necessary skills and resources to form healthy and stable marriages. This article describes the function of community collaborations and […]
Coalitions that are interested in taking action on marriage-related issues need to have a good understanding of trends in marriage and divorce in their area. For example, coalitions that aim to reduce their divorce rates need reliable data on the prevalence of divorce in their area. Furthermore, it is important to know what data is […]