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- Title
Heteronormative Relationship Education for Same‐Gender Couples.
- Authors
Hatch, S. Gabe; Rothman, Karen; Roddy, McKenzie K.; Dominguez, Rebecca M.; Le, Yunying; Doss, Brian D.
- Abstract
In recent years, same‐gender group‐based relationship education has emerged as a viable intervention to prevent relationship distress among same‐gender couples. However, many of these programs are conducted in metropolitan areas and lack the ability to reach rural populations. The current study sought to investigate whether two wide‐reaching web‐based heteronormative relationship education programs could positively impact same‐gender relationships. In a sample of 49 same‐gender couples, heteronormative relationship education had small (Cohen's d = 0.16–0.39) but reliably positive effects on key areas of relationship functioning and perceived stress relative to a waitlist control group. Additionally, when same‐gender couples were matched with different‐gender individuals with similar baseline characteristics, no reliable differences between the two groups emerged even though the program effects were sometimes half as large for same‐gender couples. Finally, same‐gender participants were as satisfied with the program as the matched different‐gender individuals. Though the results of the present study indicate that heteronormative relationship education can be helpful for same‐gender couples, additional tailoring should be undertaken to ensure that same‐gender couples experience as much benefit as possible. Estimates from the current study could be used in future studies to detect what might be small‐sized differences.
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; EDUCATION of LGBTQ+ people; HEALTH education; INTERNET; COUPLES therapy; HOMOSEXUALITY; INTERPERSONAL relations; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; RURAL population
- Publication
Family Process, 2021, Vol 60, Issue 1, p119
- ISSN
0014-7370
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/famp.12548