PSYC 3690 Chapter Notes -Css Box Model
14 Apr 2013
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Title: prevention of marital distress: a longitudinal investigation. Examines the impact of an intervention designed to prevent divorce and marital distress for couples planning marriage. Universal because all couples planning marriage were included. Primary because it is reducing incidence of marital distress and divorce before a problem exists, promoting positive communication skills. Risk = poor communication and problem-solving skills, dissatisfaction with interactions. Protective = positive communicationa nd problem solving skills. Measures of data collection (what is measured, # of times, and how) After an initial session, couples were assigned high or low ratings on each of 4 matching variables (engages vs. planning marriage, relationship satisfaction, communication impact, and con dence in getting married) There were 5 procedural stages: preassessment (time 1), intervention postassessment (time 2), 1 1/2 year follow-up (time 3), and 3 year follow-up (time 4) Participated in two 2 hour research sessions that were scheduled 1 week apart where couples were interviewed and completed a set of questionnaires.
