Relationship Educator Experiences Of Couple Improvement And Group Dynamics In Relationship Education With Low-Income Couples

Keywords

Group dynamics; Low-income couples; Relationship education

Abstract

Relationship education (RE) interventions improve relationship quality and distress; yet, little is known about the origins of positive gains derived from RE. Couples identified benefits from the group format of RE; however, the perspective of facilitators is neglected. Therefore, the current investigation included two focus groups (N = 9) with RE facilitators from one federal RE program for low-income couples. Five themes emerged from the phenomenological analysis including (a) therapeutic factors of groups, (b) participant attributes, (c) stress, (d) insight/awareness, and (e) program attributes. Applications of RE facilitator experiences, specifically group factors observed, may inform RE facilitator training, intervention, and implementation.

Publication Date

4-1-2018

Publication Title

Family Journal

Volume

26

Issue

2

Number of Pages

174-184

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/1066480718785913

Socpus ID

85049697323 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85049697323

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