Adolescents' Perceptions of Marriage and Premarital Couples Education

Autor/inn/en	Silliman, Benjamin; Schumm, Walter R.
Titel	Adolescents' Perceptions of Marriage and Premarital Couples Education
Quelle	In: Family Relations, 53 (2004) 5, S.513-520 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0197-6664
DOI	10.1111/j.0197-6664.2004.00060.x
Schlagwörter	Marriage; Family Life Education; Interpersonal Relationship; Student Attitudes; Adolescents; High School Students; Rural Education; Urban Education; Interpersonal Communication; Developmental Stages; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ehe; Family education; Education within the family; Familienerziehung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Schülerverhalten; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Stadtteilbezogenes Lernen; Interpersonale Kommunikation; USA
Abstract	Adolescents in rural and small city high schools in the western United States (N = 159) reported their perceptions of marriage and marriage education. They considered preparation for marriage important, but expressed lower familiarity with and lower intentions to attend programs than college students assessed previously. Youth valued parents, peers, volunteer couples, and personal experience as sources of information on marriage and were most interested in a brief, low-cost program led by a volunteer couple that focused on communication and conflict-resolution skills and issues. Youth attitudes toward and expectations of marriage reflected some realistic but many unrealistic expectations, consistent with their developmental stage. Implications for programming, research, and policy are discussed. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10