Abstract Although online and app-based relationship interventions have been developed to promote relationship well-being, they require a computer, tablet, or smartphone and a high-speed data connection. Instead, text messaging may be a more cost-effective form of delivery. In the current study, 461 participants from three universities, who were mostly female (73%) and white (68%), were randomly assigned to a control group or to a text message treatment condition where they received one text a day for 28 days. Results indicated that text messaging was rated by participants as a favorable method of treatment delivery. However, romantically-involved college students in the treatment condition did not report significantly greater gains in individual or relationship functioning than couples in the control group. Further, although students in the text intervention did not become violent during the study, they reported fewer decreases in violence than the control group.

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文本 4 浪漫关系 - 随机对照试验

摘要 尽管已经开发了基于在线和应用程序的关系干预来促进关系幸福，但它们需要计算机、平板电脑或智能手机以及高速数据连接。相反，短信可能是一种更具成本效益的交付方式。在目前的研究中，来自三所大学的 461 名参与者，其中大部分是女性 (73%) 和白人 (68%)，被随机分配到对照组或短信治疗条件，他们每天收到一条短信，持续 28 天. 结果表明，参与者认为短信是一种有利的治疗方法。然而，与对照组中的夫妻相比，在治疗条件下恋爱的大学生并没有报告在个人或关系功能方面的显着提高。更多，