Helping couples achieve relationship success: A decade of progress in couple relationship education research and practice, 2010–2019

HJ Markman, AJ Hawkins, SM Stanley… - Journal of Marital …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This article systematically reviewed 34 rigorous evaluation studies of couple relationship
education (CRE) programs from 2010 to 2019 that met the criteria for Level 1 well …

Couple therapy in the 2020s: Current status and emerging developments

J Lebow, DK Snyder - Family process, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This paper provides a critical analysis and synthesis of the current status and emerging
developments in contemporary couple therapy. Its narrative centers on the evolution of …

Best practices in relationship education focused on intimate relationships

SM Stanley, RG Carlson, GK Rhoades… - Family …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Relationship education is widely used to help people develop and sustain healthy romantic
relationships. We first provide a review on the current state of evidence and key issues in the …

Maintenance of gains in relationship and individual functioning following the online OurRelationship program

BD Doss, MKK Roddy, KM Nowlan, K Rothman… - Behavior therapy, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract In the United States, more than 40% of marriages end in divorce and more than one
third of intact marriages are distressed. Unfortunately, only a minority of couples seek couple …

How effective are ACF‐funded couple relationship education programs? A meta‐analytic study

AJ Hawkins, S Hokanson, E Loveridge, E Milius… - Family …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Since 2006, the US Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has allocated $1.2 billion
to a Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education (HMRE) policy initiative that provides …

Learning about love: A meta-analytic study of individually-oriented relationship education programs for adolescents and emerging adults

DM Simpson, ND Leonhardt, AJ Hawkins - Journal of Youth and …, 2018 - Springer
Despite recent policy initiatives and substantial federal funding of individually oriented
relationship education programs for youth, there have been no meta-analytic reviews of this …

Effectiveness of the 'Hold me Tight'relationship enhancement program in a self‐referred and a clinician‐referred sample: An Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy …

HJ Conradi, P Dingemanse, A Noordhof… - Family …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
While evidence‐based couple therapies are available, only a minority of troubled couples
seek help and they often do this too late. To reach more couples earlier, the couple …

The effectiveness of couple and individual relationship education: Distress as a moderator

RG Carlson, DL Rappleyea, AP Daire… - Family …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Current literature yields mixed results about the effectiveness of relationship education (RE)
with low‐income participants and those who experience a high level of individual or …

Conversations for Connection: An Outcome Assessment of the Hold‐Me‐Tight Relationship‐Education Program, and Recommendations for Improving Future …

N Kennedy, SM Johnson, SA Wiebe… - Journal of marital …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The Hold Me Tight (HMT) program is a new approach to relationship education based on
Emotionally‐Focused Therapy (Johnson, 2004), an evidence‐based approach to couple …

Day‐to‐day changes and longer‐term adjustments to divorce ideation: Marital commitment uncertainty processes over time

S Allen, AJ Hawkins, SM Harris, K Roberts… - Family …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The aim of this study is to use in‐depth, qualitative interviews and longitudinal
analysis to explore fluctuations in divorce ideation over time with 30 participants who had …