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- Title
Using What Premarital Couples Already Know to Inform Marriage Education: Integration of a Gottman Model Perspective.
- Authors
Hicks, Mary W.; McWey, Lenore M.; Benson, Kristen E.; West, Stacy Hernandez
- Abstract
The Marriage Preparation and Preservation Act of Florida stimulated a study of premarital couples. “What are the best things that you do in your relationship” was asked in a survey of persons seeking marriage licenses. The sample consisted of 962 participants. Responses were examined using Gottman's “Sound Marital House” (1999) as a theoretical framework. Results indicate that premarital participants view specific aspects of the Sound Marital House as the best things they contribute to their relationship. Responses can be used as a guide to the development of a Gottman-based marriage preparation curriculum.
- Subjects
FLORIDA; UNITED States; MARRIAGE; COUPLES; LEGISLATION; WEDDINGS; MARRIAGE licenses
- Publication
Contemporary Family Therapy: An International Journal, 2004, Vol 26, Issue 1, p97
- ISSN
0892-2764
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/B:COFT.0000016915.27368.0b