Effectiveness and Satisfaction With the Gottman 7 Principles Couple Enhancement Courses in Norway
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 732
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Change in Dyadic Adjustment from the end of the course to 6 months after the course
研究概览
简要总结
This project will investigate the Gottman 7 principle couple course (G7P) in the Norwegian setting offered at different sites and for different groups of the population.
A control group of couples will serve as a baseline.
The study will bring knowledge about the participants experiences with the G7P and the effectiveness of the course on improving the couple relationship.
详细描述
This project will investigate the Gottman 7 principle couple course (G7P) in the Norwegian setting offered at different sites and for different groups of the population, including a sample of clients from the specialist health services. A control group of couples will serve as a baseline. The study will bring knowledge about the participants experiences with the G7P and the effectiveness of the course on improving the couple relationship.
The G7P couple enhancement program is translated to Norwegian and 200 trainers were licensed in 2017. Some of these trainers are professionals, such as psychologists and couple and family therapists and some are non-professionals. The courses are offered in communities all over the country and also for clients in specialized health care at Sorlandet hospital.
This project has a mixed-method design and will explore these research questions:
- Do Gottman 7 principles courses lead to better couple functioning from start to end of program and at 6 months follow up? And if so, for whom?
- Do different populations benefit equally from the course?
- Who join Gottman 7p courses?
- Why do they join a Gottman 7p course?
- Is there any difference in the experience of the course and the effectiveness of the course when a professional or a non-professional is the trainer?
- How do the participants experience the course and the usefulness of it?
Method:
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Case Control
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 99 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Participating in a G7P course
排除标准
- •None, except for if they do not sign the consent
结局指标
主要结局
Change in Dyadic Adjustment from the end of the course to 6 months after the course
时间窗: Within one week after the last day of the course (t1) to six month after the course is finished (t2)
The Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (RDAS - (Busby et al., 1995) is a self-report questionnaire with 14 items. The three sub-scales (Consensus, Satisfaction and Cohesion) and the total scale will be used as outcome measures. The min and max values are: Consensus \[0-30\] Satisfaction \[0-20\] Cohesion \[0-19\] Total scale \[0-69\] Higher values indicate better adjustment and clinical cut-off has been identified at 47.31 for the total scale, indicating a level of severity equal to what is found in clinical samples (persons seeking couple therapy).
Change in Dyadic Adjustment from baseline to the end of the course
时间窗: Before the course start (Baseline, t0) and within one week after the last day of the course (t1)
The Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (RDAS - (Busby et al., 1995) is a self-report questionnaire with 14 items. The three sub-scales (Consensus, Satisfaction and Cohesion) and the Total-scale will be used as outcome measures The min and max values are: Consensus \[0-30\] Satisfaction \[0-20\] Cohesion \[0-19\] Total scale \[0-69\] Higher values indicate better adjustment and clinical cut-off has been identified at 47.31 for the total scale, indicating a level of severity equal to what is found in clinical samples (persons seeking couple therapy).
次要结局
- Change in couple satisfaction from the end of the course to 6 months after the course(Within one week after the last day of the course (t1) to six month after the course is finished (t2))
- Change in couple satisfaction from baseline to the end of the course, with response shift.(Before the course start (t0) and within one week after the last day of the course (t1))
研究者
Rune Zahl-Olsen
Senior Researcher
Sorlandet Hospital HF