Couple relationship education program “Living as partners”: participants’ profile and indicators of compliance

Authors

  • Angelica Paula Neumann Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões, Campus de Erechim
  • Adriana Wagner Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Eduardo Remor Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/ctc.2019.121.11

Abstract

Couples relationship education programs are strategies destined to promote the improvement of love relationships and foster more satisfactory and stable relationships. This study characterizes 65 heterosexual couples who signed in to the couple relationship education program "Living as partners: Turning challenges into opportunities" regarding sociodemographic, relational and motivational data. It also investigates the differences between those who completed and those who abandoned the program. Descriptive analyses were executed to describe participants’ characteristics. Non-parametric tests were performed to compare the couples who concluded and abandoned the program. The results indicated that couples of different sociodemographic and relational characteristics signed in to the program. Couples who abandoned the program discussed more often about infidelity, lack of trust or lies, and use of alcohol, cigarettes or other drugs. It has been concluded that the program seems to attract a varied audience in terms of socioeconomic status and marital quality, but distressed couples tend to require individualized care.

Keywords: marital relations; marital conflict; psychosocial intervention.

Author Biographies

Angelica Paula Neumann, Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões, Campus de Erechim

Doutora em Psicologia. Professora no Curso de Graduação em Psicologia da Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões, Campus de Erechim

Adriana Wagner, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Doutora em Psicologia. Professora Adjunta no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Eduardo Remor, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Doutor em Psicologia. Professor no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

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Published

2019-04-08

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2019): Jan-Apr

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