• Title/Summary/Keyword: PREP : Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program

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The Marital Relationship Enhancement Program and Its Effects for Couples in the Early Marriage Stage (결혼초기 부부관계향상 프로그램의 효과검증 -PREP(Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program)을 중심으로-)

  • Yu Eun-Hee;Kim Deuk-Sung
    • Journal of Families and Better Life
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    • v.23 no.1 s.73
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    • pp.1-18
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    • 2005
  • The purpose of this study was to construct the Marital Relationship Enhancement Program based on PREP(Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program), and to examine the effect of it for couples in the early marriage stage. To perform this program, six session of time-limited(two hour) were carried out experimental group. and subjects were assigned to experimental group(N=6 couples) and control group(N=6 couples). Scales of PREPARE II (PREmarital Personal And Relationship Evaluation), Couple Communication Scales and Commitment Scales were used as pre-post-follow instruments of this study. Major finding were as follows : 1. Marital Relationship Enhancement Program for couples in the early marriage stage has meaningful consequences for the improvement of participants' couple relationship. 2. Marital Relationship Enhancement Program had meaningful consequence for the improvement of participants' realistic expectation of marriage, communication and conflict resolution skills and leisure activities. These positive effects maintained at follow-up. However, it hadn't meaningful consequence for the improvement of participants' marital commitment. 3. Marital Relationship Enhancement Program had also meaningful consequence for the improvement of the wives' realistic expectation of marriage, communication and conflict resolution skills and leisure activities, of the husbands' communication and conflict resolution skills.