An empirical approach to designing marriage preparation programs

Williams, Lee; Riley, Lisa A.; Dyke, David T. Van

doi:10.1080/019261899261970

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“…In the IG, 56.3% of couples reported that this class was very useful, while in the NIG a large percentage of individual (46.9%) reported that attending their class had a moderate value. This finding is in accordance with the results of Williams et al (1999) and Russell and Lyster (1992), who found that preparation program is a valuable experience.…”

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confidence: 95%

“…Also, these needs can be totally different. For example, in some countries, studies have shown that couples did not find sexuality a useful topic in premarital counseling (Williams et al 1999;Russell and Lyster 1992;Silliman and Schumm 1989). This is because in most countries individuals have learned about these issues and do not view this as new or required information (Williams et al 1999).…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 97%

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Effect of Pre-Marriage Counseling on Marital Satisfaction of Iranian Newlywed Couples: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Farnam

Pakgohar

Mirmohammadali

2011

Sexuality & Culture

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This study examined the effect of selected sexual and nonsexual aspects of pre-marriage counseling on the marital satisfaction of Iranian newlywed couples. A sample of 200 couples was divided randomly into two groups, one group receiving ordinary education (the no intervention group, NIG), the other group receiving special education (the intervention group, IG). IG couples attended four lecture sessions given by the researchers consisting of family planning, personal health, different aspects of sexuality, communication and conflict resolution skills. NIG couples attended lectures presented in the normal preparation program, based on just family planning and personal health. All lectures were given a few months prior to marriage, and then marital satisfaction was assessed 4 months after marriage with 40 questions of the ENRICH questionnaire. Final analysis was based on 64 completed questionnaires. The results indicated that, 4 months after marriage, sexual, nonsexual and marital satisfaction in IG was significantly higher than in the control group.

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confidence: 95%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 97%

Effect of Pre-Marriage Counseling on Marital Satisfaction of Iranian Newlywed Couples: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Farnam

Pakgohar

Mirmohammadali

2011

Sexuality & Culture

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“…Some combination of married lay couples, parish or church staff, older mentor couples, professional marriage educators, and financial planners may also assist in the premarital counseling process. Research by Williams, Riley, Risch, and Van Dyke (1999) identified clergy as the preferred providers of premarital counseling in a religious setting. However, in Orthner's (1986;as cited in Weaver, Koenig, & Larson, 1997) national survey of nearly 2,000 Protestant pastors, only 39% felt competent providing marriage and family counseling.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Researchers report length in hours (Silliman & Schumm, 1999), days (Williams, 2007), or number of sessions (Williams, Riley, Risch, & Van Dyke, 1999). Some skills-based programs like Couple Communication (Miller & Sherrard, 1999) (Gordon & Durana, 1999) takes upward of 120 hours to complete.…”

Section: Predicting the Short-and Long-termmentioning

confidence: 98%

Predicting the Short- and Long-Term Helpfulness of Premarital Counseling: The Critical Role of Counseling Quality

Schumm

Walker

Nazarinia

et al. 2010

Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy

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“…However, this limitation represents the standard of science within premarital and marital research (Williams, Riley, Risch, & Van Dyke, 1999). The researchers attempted to address the issue of a dependent sample by using the number of couples to determine the degrees of freedom and thus creating more confidence in the statistical findings.…”

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Premarital Education: An Assessment of Program Efficacy*

McGeorge

Carlson

2006

Contemp Fam Ther

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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 participants' gender influenced program effectiveness. Data were collected from 29 heterosexual couples. Couples were placed in one of three conditions:(1) premarital education in a group format, (2) premarital education as an individual couple, or (3) the comparison group (no premarital education). The goal of the 8-week intervention was to improve couples' readiness and preparation for marriage as measured by the PREP-M. The findings suggested that the educational program achieved its stated goal.

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An empirical approach to designing marriage preparation programs

Cited by 38 publications

References 22 publications

Effect of Pre-Marriage Counseling on Marital Satisfaction of Iranian Newlywed Couples: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Effect of Pre-Marriage Counseling on Marital Satisfaction of Iranian Newlywed Couples: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Predicting the Short- and Long-Term Helpfulness of Premarital Counseling: The Critical Role of Counseling Quality

Premarital Education: An Assessment of Program Efficacy*

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