The multi-site family study on incarceration, partnering and parenting

Abstract

The Multisite Family Study on Incarceration, Partnering, and Parenting documented the impact of couples-based relationship education on intimate relationship quality; parenting and coparenting quality; and employment, drug use, and recidivism. Matched comparison and wait list designs were implemented in four sites. Comparisons of weighted means and latent growth curve models showed consistent positive effects in the Indiana site on a number of family relationship quality outcomes and largely insignificant effects in Ohio, New York, and New Jersey. Delivering couples' healthy relationship retreats in the context of a broader character-and faith-based unit may help reinforce the skills