TU Braunschweig, Institut of Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany.
Behav Res Ther. 2010 May;48(5):377-83. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2009.12.010. Epub 2010 Jan 4.
Divorce and destructive couple conflict are major risk factors for many forms of dysfunction and psychopathology in the family. Couple relationship education has been offered in an attempt to reduce those risks and enhance couple outcomes. The current effectiveness study had two aims: to assess (a) the long-term effects of relationship education and (b) the ability of partners to remember the skills typically taught during the communication skills training. One hundred and one couples from two studies, in which the effectiveness of the EPL (Ein Partnerschaftliches Lernprogramm für Paare [A Learning Program for Married Couples]) was investigated, were followed-up 11 years after the training. In the first study, EPL-takers had a significantly lower divorce and separation rate (27.5%) than non-EPL-takers (52.6%). This finding was replicated in a second study, showing a 20% dissolution rate in EPL-takers. For those couples still together, the rate of happy relationships was 80% at the eleven-year follow-up - thus, there is optimism for longer married couples who are willing to focus on improving their relationships. Only about 55% of the partners could remember at least one speaker skill whereas 70% remembered at least one listening skill taught during EPL. Consequences for prevention programs in the couple domain are discussed.
离婚和夫妻冲突是家庭中许多形式的功能障碍和精神病理学的主要风险因素。夫妻关系教育已经被提出，以试图降低这些风险并改善夫妻关系。本项当前有效性研究有两个目的：评估（a）关系教育的长期效果，以及（b）伴侣记住沟通技巧培训中通常教授的技能的能力。从两项研究中招募了 101 对夫妇，研究了 EPL（Ein Partnerschaftliches Lernprogramm für Paare [夫妻学习计划]）的有效性，在培训 11 年后对其进行了随访。在第一项研究中，接受 EPL 的夫妇离婚和分居率（27.5%）明显低于未接受 EPL 的夫妇（52.6%）。第二项研究复制了这一发现，表明接受 EPL 的夫妇的解散率为 20%。对于那些仍在一起的夫妇，在十一年的随访中，幸福关系的比例为 80%——因此，对于那些愿意专注于改善关系的已婚夫妇来说，存在着乐观的前景。只有大约 55%的伴侣能记住至少一种演讲技巧，而 70%的伴侣能记住在 EPL 中教授的至少一种倾听技巧。讨论了夫妻领域预防计划的后果。
