The Building Strong Families Project: Strengthening Unmarried Parents' Relationships: The Early Impacts of Building Strong Families

Wood, Robert G.; McConnell, Sheena; Moore, Quinn; Clarkwest, Andrew; Hsueh, JoAnn

doi:10.1037/e565572012-001

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“…Alhough some have found no differences in program efficacy based on race (Adler-Baeder et al, 2010), others have found enhanced program effects for blacks as compared to whites (Wood et al, 2010). Ours is the first study, however, to examine processes of change by race following CRE participation.…”

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confidence: 89%

Exploring processes of change in couple relationship education: Predictors of change in relationship quality.

Rauer¹,

Adler‐Baeder²,

Lucier‐Greer³

et al. 2014

Journal of Family Psychology

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In the past several decades, a number of largely atheoretical individual and meta-analytic studies of couple relationship education (CRE) programs have focused on program effectiveness without considerations of how these programs work and for whom. To address this gap in the literature, the current study drew upon assumptions from social-cognitive and behavioral theories that are implicit in CRE design to assess the influence of short-term changes from pre- to posttreatment in behaviors and commitment on changes in relationship quality among a racially and economically diverse group of 2,824 individuals who participated in a CRE program. Findings from structural equation modeling indicated that the best-fitting model for both men and women was one in which changes in behaviors predicted changes in relationship quality via their influence on changes in commitment. Further, a series of moderational analyses provided some evidence to suggest that the strength of the relationships between these variables may depend to a small extent on the social address of the participants (race, income) and to a greater extent on characteristics of the CRE experience (i.e., beginning the class at lower levels of functioning, attending with a partner). Findings help us begin to understand the influences among domains of change that occur as a result of participating in a CRE program, as well as offering some useful information to practitioners on demographic and contextual moderators of program outcomes. Implications for future research on the mechanisms of change for CRE are presented.

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Section: It Depends: Examining Moderators Of the Behavioral Model Ofmentioning

confidence: 89%

Exploring processes of change in couple relationship education: Predictors of change in relationship quality.

Rauer¹,

Adler‐Baeder²,

Lucier‐Greer³

et al. 2014

Journal of Family Psychology

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“…However, it is sobering that some studies that have specifically investigated interventions that aim to improve and engage families of young children yield modest outcomes, at best (see Avellar et al 2011;Cowan et al 2009;Hseuh et al 2012;Wadsworth et al 2010;Wood et al 2010). It is possible that the inconsistent outcomes in these large, clinical trials relate to the format, approach, and implementation strategies researchers used to engage families within intervention.…”

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Parental Preferences for Early Intervention Programming Examined Using Best–Worst Scaling Methodology

Fabiano

Schatz

Jerome

2016

Child Youth Care Forum

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“…Although recent nationwide trials of couple prevention programs for low SES, racially diverse couples have been met with limited success, it may be due to the challenge of these programs being directed toward particularly high-risk couples (e.g. Building Strong Families, Wood et al 2010). Success may be more likely in less high-risk samples.…”

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Family Conflict, Emotional Security, and Child Development: Translating Research Findings into a Prevention Program for Community Families

Cummings

Schatz

2012

Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev

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The social problem posed by family conflict to the physical and psychological health and well-being of children, parents, and underlying family relationships is a cause for concern. Inter-parental and parent-child conflict are linked with children's behavioral, emotional, social, academic, and health problems, with children's risk particularly elevated in distressed marriages. Supported by the promise of brief psycho-educational programs (e.g., Halford et al. in Journal of Family Psychology 22:497-505, 2008; Sanders in Journal of Family Psychology 22:506-517, 2008), the present paper presents the development and evaluation of a prevention program for community families with children, concerned with family-wide conflict and relationships, and building on Emotional Security Theory (Davies and Cummings in Psychological Bulletin 116:387-411, 1994). This program uniquely focuses on translating research and theory in this area into brief, engaging programs for community families to improve conflict and emotional security for the sake of the children. Evaluation is based on multi-domain and multi-method assessments of family-wide and child outcomes in the context of a randomized control design. A series of studies are briefly described in the programmatic development of a prevention program for conflict and emotional security for community families, culminating in a program for family-wide conflict and emotional security for families with adolescents. With regard to this ongoing program, evidence is presented at the post-test for improvements in family-wide functioning, consideration of the relative benefits for different groups within the community, and preliminary support for the theoretical bases for program outcomes.

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The Building Strong Families Project: Strengthening Unmarried Parents' Relationships: The Early Impacts of Building Strong Families

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Exploring processes of change in couple relationship education: Predictors of change in relationship quality.

Exploring processes of change in couple relationship education: Predictors of change in relationship quality.

Parental Preferences for Early Intervention Programming Examined Using Best–Worst Scaling Methodology

Family Conflict, Emotional Security, and Child Development: Translating Research Findings into a Prevention Program for Community Families

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