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A COMPARISON OF MARRIAGE EDUCATION AND BRIEF COUPLES COUNSELING
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TitleA COMPARISON OF MARRIAGE EDUCATION AND BRIEF COUPLES COUNSELING
AuthorLivingston, Tina
Keywordsmarriage education
brief integrative couples counseling
brief couples counseling
healthy marriage initiative
AbstractThis study investigated marital adjustment for couples participating in one of two treatment groups; the Brief Integrative Couples Counseling model(Young & Long, 1998, 2007); and the PREPARE/ENRICH Empowering Couples marriage education weekend workshop (Olson & Olson, 2000). This study examined the following research questions: Do couples show a different level of marital adjustment following Brief Integrative Couples Counseling compared to those who receive a marriage education treatment?; Do couples show greater marital adjustment following Brief Integrative Couples Counseling compared to those who participated in a Marriage Education weekend workshop treatment over time? This article presents an exploration of mean marital adjustment scores following participation in a Brief Integrative Couples Counseling treatment or a marriage education weekend workshop protocol. This study was a quasi-experimental design because participants were placed in pre-existing groups by self-selection. Following statistical analyses using repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA), the data suggest there is no difference in the level of change in marital adjustment scores between the two treatment groups. In addition, follow up analysis of covariance (ANCOVA's) was conducted on marital adjustment, using demographics as covariates.
AdviserYoung, Mark
PublisherUniversity of Central Florida
DegreePh.D.
Degree DisciplineDepartment of Child, Family and Community Sciences
Degree GrantorEducation
Degree ProgramEducation: Ph.D.
Graduation Date2006-08-01
TypeDoctoral dissertation
Access LevelPublic - Allow Worldwide Access
Release Date2007-01-31
RepositoryUniversity Archives
Repository CollectionElectronic Theses and Dissertations
IdentifierCFE0001240
Access Linkhttp://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0001240

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