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BEST PRACTICE IN COUPLE RELATIONSHIP EDUCATION
Author(s) -
Halford W. Kim,
Markman Howard J.,
Kling Galena H.,
Stanley Scott M.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2003.tb01214.x
Subject(s) - relationship education , psychology , distress , social psychology , social relationship , interpersonal relationship , clinical psychology
Relationship education is widely available to couples and is intended to reduce the prevalence of relationship distress, divorce, and the associated personal and social costs. To realize the potential benefits of couple relationship education, it needs to be evidence‐based, offered in ways that attract couples at high‐risk for relationship problems, and focused on factors that put couples at high‐risk for future relationship problems.