This chapter reviews conceptual frameworks for approaches to preventing distress and
divorce and promoting marital adjustment. Current approaches for preventing marital …

Developments over the past 2 decades concerning research on marriage preparation
programs are reviewed. Suggestions for designing effective programs are presented. Issues …

This article presents findings about problematic issues from a national study of couples
married five years or less. It argues that the top 10 issues identified as problematic suggest …

This study assessed participant satisfaction with two interpretation formats and the effects of
taking the RELATionship Evaluation (RELATE) on single young adults' premarital …

Adolescents in rural and small city high schools in the western United States (N= 159)
reported their perceptions of marriage and marriage education. They considered …

As evidence of the benefits of marriage preparation continues to mount, so does the
importance of investigating the characteristics of the interventions that are most helpful and …

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a premarital educational program,
with the secondary goal of determining if the structure (conjoint versus group) and the …

Research suggests that premarital counseling programs are effective; however, these
programs are underutilized. In addition, little is known about beliefs and preferences of …

Bu araştırmanın amacı üniversite öğrencilerinin evlilik yaşantısı ile ilgili bilgileri elde etmek
için başvurdukları kaynakların incelenmesi ve evlilik öncesi eğitim ihtiyaçlarının …

Data from 1,285 recently married soldiers who participated in the 1989 Army Family
Research Program survey indicated that pre-marital counseling by itself had little effect on …