ePREP for Community Couples
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Brigham Young University
- Enrollment
- 104
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS-2)
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of the present study is to examine the impact of ePREP when it is administered to couples. More specifically, investigators will test whether--compared to placebo controls--participants who receive ePREP will experience better outcomes for relationship relevant variables.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- Single (Participant)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Only those who are married or who have been in a committed romantic relationship for six months or longer will be invited to participate.
Exclusion Criteria
- •The only exclusionary criteria were inability to read study questionnaires and unwillingness to access the internet to receive e-mail instructions on weekly homework assignments.
Arms & Interventions
Placebo Control
Participants in the control condition will view a presentation that teaches inert information about anxiety, depression, and relationships such as definitions, prevalence rates, common problems associated with these conditions and available forms of treatment. This presentation was used initially in Cuckrowicz & Joiner (2007) and has since been shown to be effective as a placebo in two previous ePREP studies (Braithwaite & Fincham, 2007; Braithwaite & Fincham, 2008). This presentation is identical to the ePREP intervention in its set up, the only difference being, there is no information included in this presentation that teaches specific skills or strategies for improving relationships, depression or anxiety.
Intervention: Placebo Control (Behavioral)
ePREP
The ePREP intervention teaches individuals how to recognize and combat dynamic risk factors that lead to relationship distress.
Intervention: ePREP (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS-2)
Time Frame: Change across three time-points: baseline, 6-week follow up and 1-year follow up
Communication Patterns Questionnaire (CPQ)
Time Frame: Change across three time-points: baseline, 6-week follow up and 1-year follow up
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Scott R. Braithwaite, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Brigham Young University