This study sought to assess the effectiveness of a marital distress prevention program for
couples by examining how marital quality, especially marital competencies such as dyadic
coping, could be improved by means of a prevention program focusing on the enhancement
of coping resources (Couples Coping Enhancement Training). The study consisted of 59
couples in the intervention group and 59 couples in the matched comparison group. The
results reveal that it is possible to improve marital quality, especially marital competencies …