Internet Delivery of PREP-Based Relationship Education for At-Risk Couples

Abstract

Relationship education researchers have recommended that dissemination efforts be expanded so interventions can reach high-risk groups. Electronic delivery can help achieve this goal, yet its development has been modest. In this pilot study, foster and adoptive parents, a high-risk group, were randomized to a brief, Web-based Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program adaptation (PREP) or to a control intervention on birth parent visitations. PREP participants strongly agreed, on average, that course content was realistic, helpful, and useful. They also improved significantly more than did control couples on PREP skill knowledge and reported use. Both groups improved similarly on more general communication-based outcomes.