Keeping Relationship Educators Up-to-Date
Understanding African-American Participants
By Sarah Hokanson
The Bottom-Line First: A recent review of relationship education programs serving large numbers of African-American couples shows how including culturally relevant components in our relationship education courses can lead to greater positive outcomes for participants. Continue reading “Cultural Relevance in Couple Relationship Education Courses”
by Devan Clayton
The Bottom-line First. The ultimate benefit of relationship education may be improving the well-being of children. A recent study shows how a home-visiting program for rural African American couples not only improves their relationship, but that an improved relationship leads to better coparenting. Continue reading “Improving Couples’ Relationship Leads to Improved Coparenting”
A Review of Recent Relationship Education Research
by Hailey Palmer and Alan J. Hawkins
The Bottom-Line First: We conducted an extensive search, digging deep into the last 6 years of research in the relationship education (RE) field to find studies that tested which groups benefit the most from participating in RE programs. We discovered dozens of studies that consistently pointed to distressed, disadvantaged, and racial-ethnic minority groups benefitting more than other groups. Continue reading “Who Benefits Most from Relationship Education?”
Understanding African-American Participants
By Sarah Hokanson
The Bottom-Line First: A recent review of relationship education programs serving large numbers of African-American couples shows how including culturally relevant components in our relationship education courses can lead to greater positive outcomes for participants. Continue reading “Cultural Relevance in Couple Relationship Education Courses”