The Impact of Relationship Education on Adolescents of Diverse Backgrounds

Autor/inn/en	Adler-Baeder, Francesca; Kerpelman, Jennifer L.; Schramm, David G.; Higginbotham, Brian; Paulk, Amber
Titel	The Impact of Relationship Education on Adolescents of Diverse Backgrounds
Quelle	In: Family Relations, 56 (2007) 3, S.291-303 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0197-6664
DOI	10.1111/j.1741-3729.2007.00460.x
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Marriage; Family Life Education; Interpersonal Relationship; Quasiexperimental Design; High School Students; Student Diversity; Instructional Effectiveness; Outcomes of Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ehe; Family education; Education within the family; Familienerziehung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Unterrichtserfolg; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg
Abstract	Adolescent-focused marriage education is a relatively uncharted research area. Using a quasi-experimental design, this study examined the effectiveness of an adapted version of the curriculum entitled, "Love U2: Increasing Your Relationship Smarts" with an economically, geographically, and racially diverse sample of 340 high school students. Findings suggest that participants showed increases in 5 dimensions of their relationship knowledge, including their ability to identify unhealthy relationship patterns. Participants also had more realistic beliefs about relationships/marriages and reported lower levels of verbal aggression use at postprogram compared to controls. Moreover, these findings existed across race, household income, and family structure type, with all participating students benefiting in similar ways. Implications for future programming and research are discussed. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10