Project Harmony 2.0: Relationship Education for Couples

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Marital Relationship
• Interventions: Behavioral: PREP; Behavioral: OurRelationship

• Registration Number: NCT05587335
• Lead Sponsor: University of Central Florida

Brief Summary

Project Harmony directly addresses prioritized areas identified by Administration of Children and Families, emphasizing healthy marriage promotion activities and career advancement opportunities for adults. Included in service provisions are elements of: \[a\] marriage and relationship education/skills, \[b\] marriage enhancement, \[c\] divorce reduction and \[d\] job and career advancement. The targeted service population for Project Harmony includes married/committed couples in the greater Orlando metro area.

Detailed Description

The primary program consists of 12 hours of relationship education. The investigators seek to conduct an impact evaluation utilizing a randomized control trial (RCT) to compare outcomes of couples enrolled in either face to face relationship education or web-based relationship education to assess the impact of program structure on outcomes. By offering both face to face and online versions of evidenced based curricula, the investigators are directly addressing requests from ongoing needs assessments of our targeted population. The project is designed for couples 18 years and older; all participants in the face-to-face group will receive the Prevention and Relationship Education Program (PREP) 8.0 + Career Pathways Program (CPP) curricula whereas couples in the online group will receive the OurRelationship Intervention + CPP curricula.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-04-01
• Status Verified: 2022-09
• Study First Submitted: 2022-09-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-10-18
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-10-18
• Study First Posted: 2022-10-20
• Last Update Posted: 2022-10-20
• Primary Completion: 2025-04-01
• Study Completion: 2025-09-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1800

Inclusion Criteria

• Must be 18 years older and be in a committed relationship, must attend with partners

Exclusion Criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
In person	PREP	Couples will be assigned into in person relationship intervention.
Online	OurRelationship	Couples will be assigned into online relationship intervention.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale	6 months	The Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (RDAS) is a self report questionnaire that assesses seven dimensions of couple relationships. The RDAS includes only 14 items, ranging from 0 to 69 with higher scores indicating greater relationship satisfaction and lower scores indicating greater relationship distress. The cut-off score for the RDAS is 48 such that scores of 48 and above indicate non-distress and scores of 47 and below indicate marital/relationship distress.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Central Florida; 🇺🇸 Orlando, Florida, United States