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Peer reviewedStanley, Scott M.; Markman, Howard J.; Prado, Lydia M.; Olmos-Gallo, P. Antonio; Tonelli, Laurie; St. Peters, Michelle; Leber, B. Douglas; Bobulinski, Michelle; Cordova, Allan; Whitton, Sarah W. – Family Relations, 2001
Reports on the results of the dissemination of an empirically based, premarital education program within religious organizations. Results reveal that clergy and lay leaders were as effective in the short run as university staff. Couples reported that the communication skills components of premarital education were the most helpful. (Contains 48…
Descriptors: Clergy, Communication Skills, Counseling, Counseling Effectiveness
Direct linkMarkman, Howard J.; Whitton, Sarah W.; Kline, Galena H.; Stanley, Scott M.; Thompson, Huette; St. Peters, Michelle; Leber, Douglas B.; Olmos-Gallo, P. Antonio; Prado, Lydia; Williams, Tamara; Gilbert, Katy; Tonelli, Laurie; Bobulinski, Michelle; Cordova, Allen – Family Relations, 2004
We present an evaluation of the extent to which an empirically based couples' intervention program was successfully disseminated in the community. Clergy and lay leaders from 27 religious organizations who were trained to deliver the Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP) were contacted approximately yearly for 5 years following…
Descriptors: Intervention, Clergy, Conflict, Religious Organizations
Laurenceau, Jean-Philippe; Stanley, Scott M.; Olmos-Gallo, Antonio; Baucom, Brian; Markham, Howard J. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2004
This study is a cluster randomized controlled trial of the Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP; H. J. Markman, S. M. Stanley, & S. L. Blumberg, 2001). Fifty-seven religious organizations (ROs), consisting of 217 newlywed couples, were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 intervention conditions: PREP delivered by university clinicians…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Interpersonal Relationship, Religious Organizations, Prevention
