A More Optimistic Perspective on Government-Supported Marriage and Relationship Education Programs for Lower Income Couples

In the past decade, the federal government, some states, and numerous communities have initiated programs to help couples form and sustain healthy marriages and relationships in order to increase family stability for children. Thus, the authors value the attention given to this emerging policy area...

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Published in:The American psychologist 2013-02, Vol.68 (2), p.110-111
Main Authors: Hawkins, Alan J, Stanley, Scott M, Cowan, Philip A, Fincham, Frank D, Beach, Steven R. H, Cowan, Carolyn Pape, Rhoades, Galena K, Markman, Howard J, Daire, Andrew P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult Education
Best practice
Couples
Disadvantaged
Divorce
Educational provision
Effect Size
Federal Aid
Federal Government
Federal Programs
Government Programs - education
Government Programs - standards
Human
Humans
Initiative
Interpersonal Relationship
Interpersonal Relationships
Intervention
Interventions
Low income
Low Income Groups
Low income people
Marital Satisfaction
Marital Therapy - standards
Marriage
Marriage - ethnology
Marriage - legislation & jurisprudence
Marriage - psychology
Marriage Counseling
Meta Analysis
Minority groups
Optimism
Poverty - ethnology
Poverty - psychology
Program Evaluation
Psychological factors
Public Health
Relationship Satisfaction
Research Methodology
Social policy
Social Science Research
U.S.A
United States - ethnology
Well Being
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Summary:In the past decade, the federal government, some states, and numerous communities have initiated programs to help couples form and sustain healthy marriages and relationships in order to increase family stability for children. Thus, the authors value the attention given to this emerging policy area by the "American Psychologist" in a recent article (Johnson, May-June 2012). In this commentary, the authors challenge some of Johnson's points about the effectiveness and reach of interventions to lower income couples and couples of color and the suggested prioritization of basic over applied research.
ISSN:0003-066X
1935-990X
DOI:10.1037/a0031792