Strong Couples Project: ePREP Nationwide Dissemination
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Relationships, Marital
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Enrollment
- 500
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in intervention-targeted behavior
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Last Updated
- 3 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The current research is designed to implement and evaluate the ePREP relationship intervention with couples via the Cooperative Extension system.
Detailed Description
The objective of the research is to evaluate the effectiveness of an online intervention (ePREP) for help-seeking couples designed to promote individual and couple well-being. 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 nation in a manner that allows for scalable, sustainable program delivery.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
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 sever forms of intimate partner violence occurring in the relationship
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in intervention-targeted behavior
Time Frame: Baseline, Within one week of program completion (~2 months post-baseline), and 6-month follow-up from baseline
PREP 3 keys and Couple Communal Identity (new measures created for this study)
Change in relationship satisfaction
Time Frame: Baseline, Within one week of program completion (~2 months post-baseline), and 6-month follow-up from baseline
Couple satisfaction index
Change in relationship confidence
Time Frame: Baseline, Within one week of program completion (~2 months post-baseline), and 6-month follow-up from baseline
4 item relationship confidence measure (from Stanley et al., 1994)
Change in relationship instability
Time Frame: Baseline, Within one week of program completion (~2 months post-baseline), and 6-month follow-up from baseline
3 item Relationship Instability measure (from Doss et al., 2020, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Change in partner support
Time Frame: Baseline, Within one week of program completion (~2 months post-baseline), and 6-month follow-up from baseline
5 item Partner Support measure (from Doss et al., 2020, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Change in communication conflict
Time Frame: Baseline, Within one week of program completion (~2 months post-baseline), and 6-month follow-up from baseline
4 item communication conflict measure (from Doss et al., 2020, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Secondary Outcomes
- Change in exercise(Baseline, Within one week of program completion (~2 months post-baseline), and 6-month follow-up from baseline)
- Change in perceived stress(Baseline, Within one week of program completion (~2 months post-baseline), and 6-month follow-up from baseline)
- Change in partner aggression(Baseline, Within one week of program completion (~2 months post-baseline), and 6-month follow-up from baseline)
- Change in insomnia(Baseline, Within one week of program completion (~2 months post-baseline), and 6-month follow-up from baseline)
- Change in psychological distress(Baseline, Within one week of program completion (~2 months post-baseline), and 6-month follow-up from baseline)
- Change in anger(Baseline, Within one week of program completion (~2 months post-baseline), and 6-month follow-up from baseline)
- Change in general health(Baseline, Within one week of program completion (~2 months post-baseline), and 6-month follow-up from baseline)
- Change in problematic alcohol use(Baseline, Within one week of program completion (~2 months post-baseline), and 6-month follow-up from baseline)