A qualitative study of couples'experience of the Preventative and Relationship Enhancement Program

This study explores the experience of couples, married five or more years, of the Preventative and Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP). This study examined specific skills the couplesâ gleaned from the workshop, as well as, the relational impact that PREP had on the couples' marriage. Six couples were surveyed, ranging in age from mid-forties to mid-fifties and ranging in years married from 8.5 to 29 years. Content analysis was employed to examine the data. Two themes emerged—motivation and impact, and results were organized under these themes. Clinical implications were identified concerning working with couples married five or more years in therapy and future research is discussed.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Marriage and Family Therapy

Department dc:contributor.department

Marriage and Family Therapy

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2010

Author dc:creator

• Bath, Kara B.

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Huebner, Angela J.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• McCollum, Eric E.
• Wittenborn, Andrea K.

• Couples
• Marriage enrichment
• Marital education

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

etd-09212010-192445

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/35142