Title

Examining Recruitment Follow-Up Phone Calls And Their Influence On Attendance For Husbands And Wives In A Marriage And Relationship Education Program

Keywords

attendance; low income; recruitment; relationship education

Abstract

Low-income married couples face unique stressors that contribute to increased relationship distress. Federal funding has supported research initiatives aimed at studying how marriage and relationship education (MRE) influences the relationships of low-income married participants. However, research identified recruitment and retention of low-income participants as a major obstacle to the replication of these programs. Therefore, this study examined programmatic data from 786 low-income married participants to investigate how recruitment follow-up influenced attendance in the MRE program. A weak, inverse relationship was found for women between the number of pre-enrollment phone calls made and hours spent in MRE. We found a statistically significant difference between who was contacted (wife, husband, or both) and attendance to the initial intake appointment for program enrollment. Implications and future research are discussed. © 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

Publication Date

1-1-2012

Publication Title

Marriage and Family Review

Volume

48

Issue

1

Number of Pages

82-95

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2011.627493

Socpus ID

84857334438 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84857334438

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