Carolyn Pape Cowan|Philip A. Cowan|Marsha Kline Pruett|Kyle D. Pruett
An Approach to Preventing Coparenting Conflict and Divorce in Low?Income Families: Strengthening Couple Relationships and Fostering Fathers' Involvement
University of California, Berkeley|University of California, Berkeley|Smith College|Yale University
context current concern levels marital distress family violence divorce sfi study evaluating effectiveness intervention facilitate positive involvement lowincome mexican american european american fathers children part strengthening mens relationships childrens mothers study design involves randomized clinical trial includes assignment 16week couples group 16week fathers group singlesession control group couples group interventions control condition include partners married cohabiting living separately raising young child together article presents rationale design intervention approach father involvement families whose relationships risk hardships lives many manifesting degree individual relationship distress present preliminary impressions qualitative findings based experience 257 families completed pretest first 160 completed one postintervention assessment 9 months entering study discussion centers learned questions remain answered mounting multisite preventive intervention strengthen relationships lowincome families