ePREP for Community Couples

Brigham Young University (BYU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Intimate Partner Violence

Treatments: Behavioral: ePREP; Behavioral: Placebo Control

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT01795963

2009.2841

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the present study is to examine the impact of ePREP when it is administered to couples. More specifically, investigators will test whether--compared to placebo controls--participants who receive ePREP will experience better outcomes for relationship relevant variables.

Enrollment: 104 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Only those who are married or who have been in a committed romantic relationship for six months or longer will be invited to participate.

Exclusion criteria

• The only exclusionary criteria were inability to read study questionnaires and unwillingness to access the internet to receive e-mail instructions on weekly homework assignments.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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104 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Placebo Control

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Participants in the control condition will view a presentation that teaches inert information about anxiety, depression, and relationships such as definitions, prevalence rates, common problems associated with these conditions and available forms of treatment. This presentation was used initially in Cuckrowicz \& Joiner (2007) and has since been shown to be effective as a placebo in two previous ePREP studies (Braithwaite \& Fincham, 2007; Braithwaite \& Fincham, 2008). This presentation is identical to the ePREP intervention in its set up, the only difference being, there is no information included in this presentation that teaches specific skills or strategies for improving relationships, depression or anxiety.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Placebo Control

ePREP

Active Comparator group

Description:

The ePREP intervention teaches individuals how to recognize and combat dynamic risk factors that lead to relationship distress.

Treatment:

Behavioral: ePREP