Strong Couples Project: Disseminating Evidence-based Relationship Education

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-120
SponsorUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

About this trial

The current research is designed to implement and evaluate the ePREP relationship intervention with couples via the Cooperative Extension system.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Resident of Illinois

Married, engaged, or living with their partner for at least 6 months

Both partners willing to participate in online relationship-focused programming

Disqualifiers

One or both partners reports sever forms of intimate partner violence occurring in the relationship

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • ePREP

    Behavioral

    6-session online psychoeducational program with supporting coach calls

Treatment groups

500 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: ePREP conditionExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Change in relationship satisfaction

Couple satisfaction index

Time frame
Baseline, Within one week of program completion (~2 months post-baseline), and 6-month follow-up from baseline
2

Change in relationship instability

3 item Relationship Instability measure (from Doss et al., 2020, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Time frame
Baseline, Within one week of program completion (~2 months post-baseline), and 6-month follow-up from baseline
3

Change in partner support

5 item Partner Support measure (from Doss et al., 2020, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Time frame
Baseline, Within one week of program completion (~2 months post-baseline), and 6-month follow-up from baseline
4

Change in communication conflict

4 item communication conflict measure (from Doss et al., 2020, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Time frame
Baseline, Within one week of program completion (~2 months post-baseline), and 6-month follow-up from baseline

Secondary outcomes

1

Change in partner aggression

7 item partner aggression (from Doss et al., 2020, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Time frame
Baseline, Within one week of program completion (~2 months post-baseline), and 6-month follow-up from baseline
2

Change in psychological distress

Kessler 6 item psychological distress

Time frame
Baseline, Within one week of program completion (~2 months post-baseline), and 6-month follow-up from baseline
3

Change in anger

NIH PROMIS 5 item anger measure

Time frame
Baseline, Within one week of program completion (~2 months post-baseline), and 6-month follow-up from baseline
4

Change in perceived stress

Cohen's 10 item perceived stress measure

Time frame
Baseline, Within one week of program completion (~2 months post-baseline), and 6-month follow-up from baseline

Other outcomes

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