Supporting Healthy Relationships Program for FRAMEWorks (SHR FRAMEWorks)

Relationship satisfaction is assessed using the Couples Satisfaction Index-32 (Funk & Rogge, 2007): Considered the gold standard, this measure detects differences in relationship satisfaction with great precision. This outcome measure is a scale (value 0 to 5 and 6 for one item, ranging from never; extremely bad; extremely unhappy; not at all true; always disagree, to more often; extremely good; perfect; completely true; always agree), calculated by summing the responses across all of the items. Scores can range from 0 to 161. Higher scores indicate higher levels of relationship satisfaction and scores falling below 104.5 suggest notable relationship dissatisfaction. This measure has demonstrated excellent internal consistency, convergent validity, and construct validity.

This is a survey developed by the Office of Family Assistance utilized by all grantees participating in the national study, that gathers demographic information regarding participants.

This is a survey developed by the Office of Family Assistance utilized by all grantees participating in the national study that includes questions regarding relationship satisfaction, financial stability, and parenting

This is a survey developed by the Office of Family Assistance utilized by all grantees participating in the national study that includes questions regarding relationship satisfaction, financial stability, and parenting.

Emotional intelligence is assessed using the Assessing Emotions Scale (Schutte, et al., 1998). This outcome measure is a 33-item measure of emotional intelligence that uses a Likert scale of measurement (value 1 - 5, ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree), calculated by summing the responses across all items. Higher scores indicate higher levels of emotional intelligence. For men, scores below 109 indicate low emotional intelligence; scores between 109 and 131 indicate average emotional intelligence; and scores above 131 indicate high emotional intelligence. For women, scores below 116 indicate low emotional intelligence; scores between 116 and 145 indicate average emotional intelligence; and scores above 145 indicate high emotional intelligence. This measure has demonstrated good internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and convergent validity.

Parenting Alliance Inventory (Abidin & Brunner, 1995), is a self-report instrument that assesses the degree to which parents believe that they have a sound working relationship with their child's other parent using a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (strongly agree) to 5 (strongly disagree). All items are averaged to create a global parenting alliance score. Higher scores indicate a stronger parenting alliance. Used in PACT study. This measure demonstrated excellent internal consistency and good construct and concurrent validity.

Adult attachment is assessed using the Experiences in Close Relationships - Relationship Structures Questionnaire (ECR-RS) (Fraley, et al., 2011). This outcome measure is a 9-item measure that can be used to assess attachment styles with respect to 4 targets (i.e., mother, father, romantic partner, and best friend). We intend to assess mother, father, and romantic partner attachments at baseline and then only romantic partner attachment at follow-up to assess change in adult attachment. This scale uses a Likert scale of measurement (7-point scale where 1 = strongly disagree and 7 = strongly agree) and calculated by averaging certain items together to form specific domains (attachment-related anxiety, attachment-related avoidance, and global attachment). This measure has demonstrated excellent internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and criterion validity.

Skill acquisition is assessed using the Skills Assessment. This outcome measure is a 14 item, multiple choice, homegrown assessment to determine whether couples learned skills and techniques taught at workshops. There are two versions of this measure, A and B. This measure is calculated by obtaining the percentage of correctly-scored items. Higher scores indicate greater skill acquisition. Given that this is a homegrown measure, to validate this measure, we will correlate the skill assessment scores with the well validated Assessing Emotions Scale, and assess whether relationship skill scores differ by key demographic and social economic factors.

Childhood trauma is assessed using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form (CTQ-SF, Bernstein, et al., 2003). The CTQ is a 28-item measure of childhood trauma that uses a Likert scale of measurement ranging from 1 (never true) to 5 (very often true). Items are divided into 5 sub-categories: emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional neglect, and physical neglect. This measure is calculated by summing most responses and reverse scoring select items and has demonstrated good test-retest reliability, criterion-related validity, and internal consistency.