Abstract Relationship education (RE) is becoming more common, and new curricula are being offered in many venues, which vary in strength and effectiveness. To date, there have been no evaluations of Couple Lasting Intimacy Nurturing Knowledge and Skills (LINKS), a couple education program. Using hierarchical linear mixed-effects models, we conducted a preliminary evaluation of the LINKS program, with outcomes of communication, commitment, and relationship knowledge (N = 789). We found evidence of program effectiveness on all three outcomes, with medium-size to large effect sizes. The largest effect size was for relationship knowledge, and the smallest was for communication. Differences between LINKS and other RE curricula are discussed. The influence of covariates is considered. Overall, there is preliminary evidence for the effectiveness of the LINKS program.

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Couple LINKS 计划的初步评估

摘要 关系教育 (RE) 正变得越来越普遍，许多场所都在提供新课程，其强度和效果各不相同。迄今为止，还没有对夫妻持久亲密关系培育知识和技能 (LINKS) 的评估，这是一项夫妻教育计划。使用分层线性混合效应模型，我们对 LINKS 计划进行了初步评估，结果包括沟通、承诺和关系知识（N = 789）。我们发现了所有三个结果的计划有效性的证据，具有中到大的影响大小。最大的影响大小是关系知识，最小的是沟通。讨论了 LINKS 和其他 RE 课程之间的差异。考虑了协变量的影响。全面的，