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23-04-2024 | Original Article

A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Brief Conflict Reappraisal Intervention for Community Couples with Young Children

Auteurs: Heather Prime, Amy Muise, Marc Jambon, Maya Koven, Alexandra Markwell, Mark Wade

Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research

Abstract

Purpose

The Love Together, Parent Together (L2P2) program is a brief, online couple’s intervention designed to prevent relationship deterioration by targeting maladaptive psychological processes.

Methods

The current study used a parallel-group randomized controlled trial of L2P2 to examine its feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness. One-hundred forty couples with young children (< 6 years old) were randomly assigned to L2P2 or a control group. In three writing sessions over nine weeks, all couples completed fact-based summaries about recent conflicts; the L2P2 group also responded to three writing prompts eliciting conflict reappraisal. Participants completed baseline, post-intervention, and 1- and 3-month follow-up assessments.

Results

Goals related to feasibility and acceptability were met. In addition, the control group, but not the L2P2 group, showed deteriorating relationship quality from baseline to post-intervention.

Conclusions

L2P2 shows promise as a brief intervention to attenuate declines in relationship quality in couples.

Clinicaltrials.gov Registration

NCT05261022.

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Titel: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Brief Conflict Reappraisal Intervention for Community Couples with Young Children
Auteurs: Heather Prime
Amy Muise
Marc Jambon
Maya Koven
Alexandra Markwell
Mark Wade
Publicatiedatum: 23-04-2024
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research
Print ISSN: 0147-5916
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2819
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-024-10485-x