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Sandra Upchurch Morrison – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Using data from a statewide couple relationship education (CRE) program efficacy study, this implementation science study considered whether and how classmates influence gains from CRE exposure. We pursued a theoretically and empirically supported model to explore whether class climate, indicated by classmate characteristics, influenced change in…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Intimacy, Interpersonal Relationship, Marriage
Lloyd, Griselda M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Junior enlisted Marines are getting married at a faster rate than their civilian counterparts and nearly twice that of senior personnel (Gomulka, 2010; Cohen, Passel, Wang, & Livingston, 2011). With the high rate of marriage, these same junior Marines have a disproportionately high divorce rate. While the high rate of divorce is a significant…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Program Evaluation, Marriage, Divorce
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Yilmaz, Tugba; Kalkan, Melek – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2010
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of a premarital relationship enrichment program on relationship satisfaction among couples. The experimental and control groups were totally composed of 20 individuals. In order to test whether there are any significant differences between the scores of pre-test and post-test within the control…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Enrichment Activities, Marriage
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Petty, Barbara D. – Qualitative Report, 2010
Couples can improve their marriages by implementing relationship building skills they learn while participating in a marriage education program. This study addresses how marriages improved as a result of participating in the marriage education program, Married and Loving It![R] and what specific components of the learning experience facilitated…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Marriage, Learning Experience, Skill Development
Thompson, Mark F. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
A study of healthy marriages was conducted and five keys were found to exist in all of them: spirituality, intimacy, conflict resolution, communication and financial management. The author examined secular and spiritual literature and found these keys were prevalent in both. Military couples experience many stressors that are not found in…
Descriptors: Marriage, Marital Satisfaction, Intimacy, Conflict Resolution
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Huefner, Jonathan C.; Ringle, Jay L.; Chmelka, M. Beth; Ingram, Stephanie D. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2007
Objective: The number of youth in residential care programs who have been abused is high. The relationship between childhood abuse victimization and adult intimate partner violence (IPV) is well documented. This study compared the rates of IPV 16 years after individuals had participated in a long-term residential care program with individuals…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Statistical Data, National Norms, Children