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Benefits of Premarital Education
Couples being encouraged to participate in the prepare program often
ask what the benefits of doing so what be. Several years ago, Scott M.
Stanley (Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of
Denver) reviewed a wide range of theoretical and research publications
and argued in a significant policy paper that engaging in broadly applied
premarital education can lead to significant effects.
Four key benefits of premarital education were identified:
(a) it can slow couples down to foster deliberation
(b) it sends a message that marriage matters
(c) it can help couples learn of options if they need help later
(d) it can lower some couples’ risks for subsequent marital distress
or termination provided that the program has evidence of effectiveness
associated with it (as is the case for the Prepare programs)
These observations represent a good clear summary of benefits that could
be shared with couples when Administrators are encouraging couples to participate
in premarital education programs.
Reference:
Scott M. Stanley (2001). Making A Case for Premarital Education.Family
Relations, 50, 272–280.
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Abuse Issues
News Update:
The June 2007 issue of the Newsletter, the Prepare Diary, is
available on this web site: To read, click on: June
2007 Diary The next newsletter will be posted in
mid-June.
PROCESSING FEE NOW $44.00
This is the first increase in the base cost of processing since 1999.
Our aim is to maintain the new processing charge for a lengthy period of
time (as we have done before). We always aimed to make the processing cost
comparable to that of a modest meal for a couple – we feel sure that $44
(for a couple) is still well and truly within those limits.
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