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 …

Buffering and spillover of adult attachment insecurity in couple and family relationships

NC Overall, PR Pietromonaco… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Close relationships are crucial to health and well-being. However, anxious expectations of
rejection (attachment anxiety) and avoidant beliefs that romantic partners cannot be trusted …

Two decades of coparenting research: a scoping review

CG Campbell - Marriage & Family Review, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In response to recent theoretical advances in coparenting and increased scholarly interest,
coparenting research in resident families has burgeoned in the past twenty years making it …

Protective parenting behavior buffers the impact of racial discrimination on depression among Black youth.

MK Lei, JA Lavner, SE Carter, AR Hart… - Journal of Family …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
The adverse impact of racial discrimination on youth, and particularly its impact on the
development of depressive symptoms, has prompted attention regarding the potential for …

Enduring COVID-19 lockdowns: risk versus resilience in parents' health and family functioning across the pandemic

NC Overall, RST Low, VT Chang… - Journal of Social …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Have the demands of the COVID-19 pandemic risked declines in parents' health and family
functioning, or have most parents been resilient and shown no changes in health and family …

Improvements in coparenting conflict and child adjustment following an online program for relationship distress.

BD Doss, MKK Roddy, MM Llabre… - Journal of Family …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Many children never receive treatment for their mental health symptoms—and those that do
often receive it only after years of delay. Given that relationship and parenting conflict is an …

Can interventions that strengthen couples' relationships confer additional benefits for their health? A randomized controlled trial with African American couples

AW Barton, JA Lavner, SRH Beach - Prevention Science, 2021 - Springer
This study examined the effects of the Protecting Strong African American Families
(ProSAAF) prevention program on adults' self-reported health outcomes 25 months after …

A culturally grounded prenatal coparenting intervention: Results of a randomized controlled trial with unmarried Black parents.

JP McHale, CS Stover, C Dubé, YS Sirotkin… - Journal of Family …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
This study examines the efficacy of a prenatal intervention designed to promote healthy
coparenting relationships in families where low-income, unmarried mothers and fathers …

Can we uncouple neighborhood disadvantage and delinquent behaviors? An experimental test of family resilience guided by the social disorganization theory of …

MK Lei, SRH Beach - Family process, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Although the influence of neighborhood disadvantage on youth development of delinquent
behavior is well established, findings from this research have yet to inform the development …

Direct and indirect effects of a couple-focused preventive intervention on children's outcomes: A randomized controlled trial with African American families.

JA Lavner, AW Barton, SRH Beach - Journal of Consulting and …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: This study examined the effects of the Protecting Strong African American
Families (ProSAAF) prevention program on children's outcomes more than 2 years after …