- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Customer Service Quality and Loyalty
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Marriage and Sexual Relationships
Aarhus University
2022-2024
Several couple interventions targeting relationship distress also show beneficial effects on individual mental health. Yet, strikingly few studies report perceived stress. This study examined the of a brief intervention, Marriage Checkup (MC), We randomly assigned 231 couples to receive two MCs (Weeks 7 and 51) or waitlist control. Survey data were collected at seven time points over 2 years analyzed using multilevel models. found no significant between-group treatment average stress any...
Abstract This study examined maintenance and booster effects of a brief couple intervention, the Marriage Checkup (MC), across 5 years. A subsample 63 couples who benefitted from two previous MCs (responder couples), were randomly assigned to third MC or control. Before randomization (at 4‐years‐9‐months), responder sample had maintained small medium on measures relationship functioning. After randomization, we found no significant between‐group effects. Yet, within‐group analyses revealed...
Abstract Objective This study aimed to develop and validate the psychometric structure of Assessment Inventory on relationship Risks Resources (AIRR), a multidimensional, yet brief, package existing single‐domain measures (relationship satisfaction, intimacy, trust, commitment, conflict strategies, reconciliation, coparenting, sexual responsive attention). Background In evidence‐based approaches couple interventions, conceptualization couple's key issues strengths is often an important...
This study examined categorical differences in self-selected relationship strengths between relationally distressed and non-distressed individuals participating the brief couple intervention, Marriage Checkup (MC). Participants received a baseline MC second one after 1 year. We utilized data collected at startup of each two checkups. Our sample consisted 321 participants 284 1-year time point. The hypotheses were that would tend to select more did not require an intimate or affectionate...