Get Better Together: Relationship Education For Military Couples

Assessed using the Suicide Cognition Scale-Revised (SCS-R), a 16-item validated self-report measure capturing cognitive risk factors for suicidal behavior. Scores range from 0 to 64, with higher scores reflect greater risk.

Measured using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C), a 3-item measure designed to identify hazardous drinking. Scores range from 0 to 12, with higher scores reflect greater likelihood of drinking affecting one's health and safety.

Measured using the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale-Short Form (CTS2S), a 20-item measure assessing multiple types of relationship abuse. Dichotomous scores will indicate the presence of any form of abuse. Dichotomous subscale scores will indicate the presence of assault, injury, psychological aggression, or sexual coercion.

Measured using the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale - 18 Item (DERS-18), which assesses six dimensions of emotion dysregulation: awareness, clarity, nonacceptance, impulse, goals, and strategies. Total scores range from 18 to 90, with higher scores indicating more severe difficulties regulating one's emotions.

Evaluated using the Ineffective Arguing Inventory (IAI), an 8-item scale measuring perceived patterns of unresolved conflict and communication breakdown in romantic relationships. Total scores range from 8 to 40, with higher scores indicating a higher degree of ineffective communication.

Measured using the Dyadic Coping Inventory (DCI), an 37-item self-report measure assessing how couples communicate stress and cope together (supportive, delegated, negative, and joint coping). Total scores range from 37 to 185, with higher scores indicated higher levels of dyadic coping.

Assessed using the Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (RDAS), a 14-item self-report measure evaluating relationship functioning across three domains: Dyadic Consensus, Dyadic Satisfaction, and Dyadic Cohesion. Items assess agreement on relationship issues, frequency of shared activities, and satisfaction with the relationship. Total scores range from 0 to 69, with higher scores indicating greater relationship satisfaction.

Measured using items adapted from the 2017 Workplace and Equal Opportunity Survey of Active Duty Members (Office of People Analytics, 2018), a DoD standardized survey tool. Items assess key indicators of readiness, including self intent to remain in the military. Items use Likert-type scales appropriate to each domain (e.g., "Very poorly prepared" to "Very well prepared"). The items are designed to be used independently rather than as a single composite scale.