Empowering Families Project: An RCT of the Effects of Relationship Education With and Without Ancillary Economic Services on Family Outcomes
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 666
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Changes in Positive Communication
研究概览
简要总结
This RCT will test the marginal benefit of adding economic-focused services to traditional relationship education (RE) interventions. 344 couples will be randomly assigned to the RE only or RE plus economic-services condition. All couples will be assessed at baseline, 6-weeks, 6-months, and 12-months. This project will examine whether couples in the RE plus condition have better relationship and economic outcomes than couples in the RE only condition.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •couples involved in a romantic relationship
排除标准
- •current domestic violence or child maltreatment
研究组 & 干预措施
Treatment-only
Participants in the this group will receive core Relationship Education programming, which consists of six weekly 2.5-hour Family Wellness Workshops.
干预措施: Family Wellness (Behavioral)
Treatment-Plus
Participants in this group will receive an enhanced model that includes the core RE programming, and adds economic-focused services which include two 2.5-hour workshops (one on financial planning and one on career coaching), as well as individual financial planning and career coaching services ongoing for up to one year.
干预措施: Family Wellness (Behavioral)
Treatment-Plus
Participants in this group will receive an enhanced model that includes the core RE programming, and adds economic-focused services which include two 2.5-hour workshops (one on financial planning and one on career coaching), as well as individual financial planning and career coaching services ongoing for up to one year.
干预措施: Career Coaching (Behavioral)
Treatment-Plus
Participants in this group will receive an enhanced model that includes the core RE programming, and adds economic-focused services which include two 2.5-hour workshops (one on financial planning and one on career coaching), as well as individual financial planning and career coaching services ongoing for up to one year.
干预措施: Financial Planning (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Changes in Positive Communication
时间窗: From baseline to 6-weeks, 6-months, 12-months
Seven items, scored on four-point scale and averaged. Sample item: "My partner and I were good at working out our differences."
Change in Relationship satisfaction
时间窗: From baseline to 6-weeks, 6-months, 12-months
Couples Satisfaction Index (CSI-4).
Changes in Negative Communication
时间窗: From baseline to 6-weeks, 6-months, 12-months
Nine items, scored on four-point scale and averaged. Sample item: "My partner was rude or mean to me when we disagree."
Changes in Financial Capability
时间窗: From baseline to 6-months, 12-months
Six items assess capability to manage household finances, (e.g., "In the last 2 months, have you been charged a late fee on a loan or bill?"). Items summed to form an index with range of 0-8 (two 3-point items, four 2-point items.
Changes in Income
时间窗: From baseline to 6-months, 12-months
Single item: "How much would you say you personally as an individual earned in total from all work in the last month, before taxes and deductions?" Open numeric response
Changes in Financial Strain
时间窗: From baseline to 6-months, 12-months
Five items assess the degree of difficulty the household has had fulfilling financial obligations and purchasing necessary items. Items scored on a 4-point scale and averaged.
次要结局
- Changes in Support and Affection(From baseline to 6-weeks, 6-months, 12-months)
- Changes in Wealth(From baseline to 6-months, 12-months)
研究者
Hannah Williamson
Associate Professor
University of Texas at Austin