Despite the well‐established links between couple relationship quality and healthy family
functioning, and burgeoning evidence from the international intervention field, there is little …

The significance of enhancing parenting skills to reduce child maladjustment is well-
established and supports the important role of evidence-based parenting programs …

The importance of the relationship between parents is frequently underestimated by those
designing and developing services to support parents in bringing up their children. Instead …

In response to what are perceived as the negative consequences for children of family
change over the past century, governments in the UK and the US have devoted substantial …

Following an earlier randomized clinical trial, now with broadened sample criteria, 236 low‐
income White, Mexican American, and African American couples participated in 16‐week …

Since the mid‐1990s, the federal government has funded numerous relationship skills
programs, including some specifically targeting low‐income, unmarried parents, in an effort …

The review summarises the main research evidence on the importance of the relationship
between parents to improve outcomes for children. It also reviews evaluation evidence of …

Background Parental risk factors can have a significant detrimental impact on child
development, yet most parenting interventions do not address parental mental health. There …

Numerous parents participate in parenting programmes to promote child development, but
few programmes consider relationships within family systems. While both parents' …

Family conflict and poor parenting are generic risk factors associated with a wide variety of
adverse developmental outcomes in children including increased risk for conduct problems …