TY  - SER
AU  - Goodyear-Smith, Felicity
TI  - 'Positive partners, strong families': evaluation of a community-based communication and conflict resolution course for couples
SN  - 0110-022X
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Wellington
PB  - The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners
KW  - FVC
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - EDUCATION
KW  - FAMILIES
KW  - INTERVENTION
KW  - TREATMENT
KW  - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
KW  - PREVENTION
N1  - New Zealand Family Physician 30(4) August 2003 : 264-268
N2  - This article discusses the author's self-evaluation of a community-based communication and conflict resolution course that she developed for couples where violence is developing. The course is designed to help couples change their own attitudes and behaviours, with the intention of reflecting this change upon the relationship itself. Both married and de facto couples were recruited for the course and questionnaires were administered at the onset and end of the course, and again at six months. The results demonstrated significant differences before and after the intervention for consensus, satisfaction, affection, cohesion and use of reasoning to resolve conflicts. At a six-month follow-up, all these changes were still apparent apart from consensus. The author concludes that the programme led to significant, sustained improvements in couples' communication and conflict resolution abilities
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