Relational Problems, Relationship, Marital
Conditions
Brief summary
The current research is designed to implement and evaluate the ePREP relationship intervention with couples throughout the state of Illinois.
Detailed description
The objective of the research is to evaluate the effectiveness of an online intervention for help-seeking couples designed to promote individual and couple well-being. Within the United States, one-third of married couples are distressed and almost half of first marriages end in divorce/separation. Relationship distress is associated with a variety of negative health outcomes, including worsened mental and physical health problems in partners as well as internalizing and externalizing problems in children. Newly developed online intervention programs for distressed couples have shown to be efficacious, but their overall reach to the general population remains limited. The current research is designed to implement and evaluate the ePREP relationship intervention with couples throughout the state of Illinois.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALePREP
6-session online psychoeducational program with supporting coach calls
Sponsors
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Resident of Illinois * Married, engaged, or living with their partner for at least 6 months * Both partners willing to participate in online relationship-focused programming
Exclusion criteria
* One or both partners reports severe forms of intimate partner violence occurring in the relationship
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in Relationship Satisfaction | Immediate and 6-month follow-up | Couple Satisfaction Index |
| Change in Relationship Instability | Immediate and 6-month follow-up | 3 item Relationship Instability measure (from Doss et al., 2020, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology) |
| Change in Partner Support | Immediate and 6-month follow-up | 5 item Partner Support measure (from Doss et al., 2020, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology) |
| Change in Communication conflict | Immediate and 6-month follow-up | 4 item communication conflict measure (from Doss et al., 2020, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology) |
| Change in Relationship confidence | Immediate and 6-month follow-up | 4 item relationship confidence measure (from Stanley et al., 1994) |
| Change in Intervention-target behavior | Immediate and 6-month follow-up | PREP 3 keys (new measure created for this study, assessing participants confidence in implementing each of the 3 keys of the PREP program) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in Anger | Immediate and 6-month follow-up | NIH PROMIS 5 item anger measure |
| Change in General Health | Immediate and 6-month follow-up | SF-36 4 item general health perceptions |
| Change in Perceived Stress | Immediate and 6-month follow-up | Cohen's 10 item perceived stress measure |
| Change in Insomnia | Immediate and 6-month follow-up | 7 item insomnia severity index |
| Change in Problematic Alcohol Use | Immediate and 6-month follow-up | PROMIS 7 item problematic alcohol use |
| Change in Exercise | Immediate and 6-month follow-up | 1 item exercise (CDC BRFSS 2016 adaptation) |
| Change in Partner Aggression | Immediate and 6-month follow-up | 7 item partner aggression (from Doss et al., 2020, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology) |
| Change in Psychological distress | Immediate and 6-month follow-up | Kessler 6 item psychological distress |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed