Educate and Empower: An Online Intervention to Improve College Women’s Knowledge and Confidence When Communicating in a Romantic Relationship

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dc.contributor.advisorO’Brien, Karen M.
dc.contributor.authorTrovato, Karoline J.
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-19T08:22:47Z
dc.date.available2022-05-19T08:22:47Z
dc.date.issued2022-05
dc.description.abstractHistorically, and during the covid-19 pandemic, the vast majority of unpaid family care was provided by women with devastating outcomes including lost jobs, increased poverty, and mental health concerns (Almeida et al., 2020; Dang et al., 2020; Power, 2020). Unequal family work and unhealthy communication were associated with women’s relationship dissatisfaction and depressive symptoms (Bannon et al., 2020; Carlson et al., 2020; Woods et al., 2019). The PARTNERS video intervention was created to educate college women about family work distribution, communication in a romantic relationship, and the PARTNERS model of communication (a strategy for healthy communication based on existing literature and developed by Trovato and O’Brien for this intervention). An experiment was conducted to assess the effectiveness of the video intervention. Participants exposed to the intervention had the highest relationship communication self-efficacy. Those who participated in the intervention or read a partial script were the most knowledgeable about family work distribution, communication, and the PARTNERS model. The PARTNERS intervention has potential to educate women about family work distribution and couple communication and improve their confidence when communicating with a romantic partner. Ultimately, this intervention may increase relationship satisfaction, reduce depression, and equalize family work distribution for women.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Maryland Center for Undergraduate Research and the BSOS Student Experience Funden_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/q2nh-9h93
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/28640
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDepartment of Psychology
dc.relation.isAvailableAtCollege of Behavioral and Social Sciences
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Maryland
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md)
dc.subjectcouple communicationen_US
dc.subjectcommunicationen_US
dc.subjecteffective communicationen_US
dc.subjectromantic partneren_US
dc.subjectromantic relationshipen_US
dc.subjectcollege womenen_US
dc.subjectrelationship satisfactionen_US
dc.subjectwomen's relationshipsen_US
dc.subjectfamily worken_US
dc.subjectfamily work distributionen_US
dc.subjectequitable relationshipsen_US
dc.subjectmodel of communicationen_US
dc.subjectvideo interventionen_US
dc.subjectequal relationshipsen_US
dc.subjectpartnersen_US
dc.subjectempower womenen_US
dc.titleEducate and Empower: An Online Intervention to Improve College Women’s Knowledge and Confidence When Communicating in a Romantic Relationshipen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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