Premarital Relationship Enhancement Program
The Premarital Relationship Enhancement Program ( PREP ) is communication training for couples that is designed to prevent later conflicts early on in a relationship . It is one of the best-known, best-researched programs with this objective and the only one that showed results up to the turn of the millennium that can be proven in empirical long-term studies for more than six months.
The program is designed to teach couples techniques for conflict avoidance, communication and problem solving. The program usually begins with a full-day session, followed by two two-hour sessions. Originally developed for young couples who want to get married , the application has now been extended to longer-term relationships that are not in a conflict situation. The program is not recommended for acutely critical relationships.
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- ↑ Jana L. Jasinski: Partner violence: a comprehensive review of 20 years of research SAGE, 1998 ISBN 0761913181 p. 216
- ^ John H. Harvey, Amy Wenzel: A clinician's guide to maintaining and enhancing close relationships, p. 244 Routledge, 2002 ISBN 0805836322
- ^ John O. Greene, Brant Raney Burleson: Handbook of communication and social interaction skills Routledge, 2003 ISBN 0805834184 p. 150
- ↑ Stephen F. Duncan, H. Wallace Goddard: Family life education: principles and practices for effective outreach SAGE, 2005 ISBN 0761927697 pp. 48-49