Panelists outline the prevention rationale for focusing on the developmental periods of adolescence and emerging adulthood; describe several innovative RE programs targeted to youth; present evidence of effectiveness from randomized controlled trials & quasi-experimental evaluations; describe gaps in research and future trends in programs including the use of social media for relationship education.
Presenters discuss Links Between Reasons for Cohabitation and Relational Outcomes ; Attachment and Relational Quality for Unmarried, Pregnant Cohabitors ; Searching for Stability: Cohabitation and Coparenting in Unmarried Couples ; “Stayover Couples”: Are They a Unique Couple Type?
Panelists discuss Divorced Mothers’ Co-parental Boundary Maintenance After Parents Re-partner ; Post-divorce Co-parenting: What is Working? ; Implications for Children of Parenting by New Partners After Divorce
Panelists discuss Latent Profiles of Time Adequacy for Work, Parenting, and Partner Roles ; Sense of Entitlement in Couple Relationships ; Couple Intimacy and Relationship Satisfaction in Long-term Marriages: A Longitudinal Study ; Use of Computer Mediated Communication in Romantic Relationships and Adult Attachment ; Romantic Relationships Mediated by Technology
Panelists discuss Conflict Management Across Eight Situations: Actor-partner Interdependence Model ; Sexual Self-disclosure and Communication Among Swinger Couples ; The Relational Effects of Same-sex Marriage in Iowa ; Emotional Congruence Within Couple Interaction: The Role of Attachment Avoidance
by Marcus N. Tanner, Ph.D., president and CEO, HealingChoice, www.healingchoice.org
It was an unusually calm day for an Easter Sunday morning in Texas. I was a pastor and for the first time in my ministry, I left my pregnant wife and daughter at home before heading to church that morning. Although our family saw the approaching clouds, somehow we thought we would be protected. It was on that day that I was forced to resign.
by Rob Palkovitz, Ph.D., professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Through meetings and individual discussions with various teens, it became clear that everyday interactions with family members had significant influence in informing teens’ emerging faith and in influencing the centrality of their spirituality in comparison to other emerging developments.
The Better Marriages Conference is designed for couples of all ages and stages of relationship, and is also a training opportunity for experts to provide information to laypeople.
