Trial reportPrevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research2021
Can Interventions that Strengthen Couples' Relationships Confer Additional Benefits for their Health? A Randomized Controlled Trial with African American Couples.
Trial report in Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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- Relationship intervention moderates the association between substance use and biological aging among Black adults.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2025Trial
- Heterogeneity in the Effects of Interventions to Prevent Depression in Couples Facing Job Loss: Studying Baseline Target Moderation of Impact.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2023Trial
- A culturally grounded prenatal coparenting intervention: Results of a randomized controlled trial with unmarried Black parents.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2022Trial
- Economic Costs and Benefits of the Digital OurRelationship Program for Distressed Couples.Family process · 2026Review
- Relationship enhancement protects against relationship-quality-associated weathering among Black adults in romantic partner relationships.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2025Article
- An Initial Examination of Couple Therapy for PTSD Outcomes Among Black/African American Adults: Findings from an Uncontrolled Trial with Military Dyads.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Additive Benefits of Individual, Relational, and Community Factors on Physical- and Mental-Health Trajectories Among Black Americans.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2025Article
- Neighborhood disadvantage is associated with biological aging: Intervention-induced enhancement of couple functioning confers resilience.Family process · 2023Article
- Changes in couple, parenting, and individual functioning following Family Expectations program participation.Journal of marital and family therapy · 2023Article
- African Americans' relationship quality and depressive symptoms: A longitudinal investigation of the Marital Discord Model.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2022Article
- Relationship intervention indirectly buffers financial strain's effect on biological aging among Black adults.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2022Article
- Helping couples achieve relationship success: A decade of progress in couple relationship education research and practice, 2010-2019.Journal of marital and family therapy · 2022Review
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Abstract
This study examined the effects of the Protecting Strong African American Families (ProSAAF) prevention program on adults' self-reported health outcomes 25 months after enrollment. ProSAAF is a couple-focused prevention program specifically designed to meet the needs of African-American families residing in the rural South. African-American couples (N = 346) with an early adolescent child participated in a randomized controlled trial of the program. Dyadic data analyses indicated significant direct effects on changes in couple functioning post-intervention as well as significant indirect effects of ProSAAF on changes in health through post-intervention improvements in couple functioning. These benefits were documented for men's and women's general health, depressive symptoms, and problematic sleep. There were no significant direct effects of ProSAAF participation on changes in health. Findings provide tempered optimism regarding the potential benefits of couple-focused programming for adults' physical, mental, and behavioral health.
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