Lucier-Greer Mallory, Birney Amelia J, Gutierrez Teri M, Adler-Baeder Francesca
Assistant Professor, Department of Family & Child Sciences, Florida State University, 120 Convocation Way, Tallahassee, FL 32317-1491,
Behavioral Scientist, Director of Research, ORCAS, PO Box 1226, Eugene, OR 97440, 541-342-7227,
J Fam Soc Work. 2018;21(2):152-171. doi: 10.1080/10522158.2017.1410267. Epub 2017 Dec 11.
A research-informed mobile application (app) was created to encourage and activate couples to demonstrate healthy relationship behaviors in an effort to promote relationship quality, stability, and resilience. The app, , is grounded in the literature on couple quality, habit formation, and family resilience, and it uses tenets of effective behavioral intervention technologies. Forty-three couples ( = 86 participants) engaged with the app across a 21-day period and completed online evaluations, which consisted of a pretest, posttest, and three weekly questionnaires. Findings suggest that the couples' app promoted high levels of engagement, such that most participants viewed the app multiple times a day and also submitted answers to daily prompts 19.8 of the 21 days (94% of the intervention). Pretest and posttest assessments suggest that participants enhanced their relationship skills and behaviors, including knowledge of their partner's general well-being, care for one's partner, partner communication, and self-efficacy to manage conflict. Participants also reported higher levels of relationship quality after engaging with the app for 21 days, including less relationship distress, greater partner cohesion, better relationship satisfaction, and more relationship confidence. Implications for self-directed modes of relationship education and promoting family resilience are discussed.
一款基于研究开发的移动应用程序（应用）被创建出来，旨在鼓励并促使夫妻展现出健康的关系行为，以提升关系质量、稳定性和恢复力。这款名为 的应用以关于夫妻关系质量、习惯养成和家庭恢复力的文献为基础，并运用了有效行为干预技术的原则。43对夫妻（共86名参与者）在21天的时间里使用了该应用，并完成了在线评估，评估包括一次前测、一次后测以及三份每周问卷。研究结果表明，夫妻应用促进了高度的参与度，大多数参与者每天多次查看该应用，并且在21天中的19.8天（占干预天数的94%）提交了对每日提示的回答。前测和后测评估表明，参与者提升了他们的关系技能和行为，包括对伴侣总体幸福状况的了解、对伴侣的关心、与伴侣的沟通以及处理冲突的自我效能感。在使用该应用21天后，参与者还报告了更高水平的关系质量，包括更少的关系困扰、更强的伴侣凝聚力、更高的关系满意度以及更多的关系信心。文中还讨论了对自主式关系教育模式以及促进家庭恢复力的启示。
