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NCT Number: NCT05591261

Strong Couples Project: Disseminating Evidence-based Relationship Education

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

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Key information

Conditions

Relationships, Marital Relational Problems

Age range

18 year–120 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

About this study

The objective of the research is to evaluate the effectiveness of an online intervention (ePREP) for help-seeking couples designed to promote individual and couple well-being. Newly developed online intervention programs for distressed couples have shown to be efficacious, but their overall reach to the general population remains limited. The current research is designed to implement and evaluate the ePREP relationship intervention with couples throughout the nation in a manner that allows for scalable, sustainable program delivery.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • 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

Exclusion criteria

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

Treatment and study plan

ePREP

Behavioral

6-session online psychoeducational program with supporting coach calls

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in relationship satisfaction

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

    Couple satisfaction index

  2. Change in relationship instability

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

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

  3. Change in partner support

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

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

  4. Change in communication conflict

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

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

  5. Change in relationship confidence

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

    4 item relationship confidence measure (from Stanley et al., 1994)

  6. Change in intervention-targeted behavior

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

    PREP 3 keys and Couple Communal Identity (new measures created for this study)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in partner aggression

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

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

  2. Change in psychological distress

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

    Kessler 6 item psychological distress

  3. Change in anger

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

    NIH PROMIS 5 item anger measure

  4. Change in perceived stress

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

    Cohen's 10 item perceived stress measure

  5. Change in general health

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

    Short Form-36 4 item general health perceptions

  6. Change in insomnia

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

    7 item insomnia severity index

  7. Change in problematic alcohol use

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

    Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) 7 item problematic alcohol use

  8. Change in exercise

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

    1 item exercise (Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2016 adaptation)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Strong Couples Project: ePREP Nationwide Dissemination

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2027
First posted
Oct 24, 2022
Registry last updated
Oct 24, 2022

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