dc.contributor.advisor	O'Brien, Karen
dc.contributor.author	Trovato, Karoline
dc.contributor.department	Department of Psychology	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2022-03-14T17:12:09Z
dc.date.available	2022-03-14T17:12:09Z
dc.date.issued	2022-03-11
dc.description	Winner of the 2022 Library Award for Undergraduate Research
dc.description.abstract	Historically, and especially during the covid-19 pandemic, the vast majority of unpaid family care has been provided by women with devastating associated outcomes including lost jobs, increased poverty, and mental health concerns. Notably, equal family work distribution and healthy communication are associated with women’s relationship satisfaction and fewer depressive symptoms. The purpose of this study is to create an innovative online intervention to educate college women about family work distribution, effective communication, and the PARTNERS Communication Model (a strategy for healthy communication based on existing literature and developed by Trovato and O’Brien for this intervention). A randomized controlled trial was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of the video intervention. We hypothesized that college women who completed the intervention, compared to those who read a webpage about relationship satisfaction and those in a no-intervention control condition, would have the most knowledge on family work distribution, effective communication, and the PARTNERS Communication Model. We also expected the women in the intervention condition to demonstrate the most confidence in their ability to communicate with a current or future partner. Data analyses will include qualitative data coding using coding schemes developed through qualitative content analysis and a series of four multivariate analyses of variance to test the hypotheses. Ultimately, the goal of this intervention is to increase future relationship satisfaction, reduce depression, and equalize family work distribution for women.	en_US
dc.identifier	https://doi.org/10.13016/pxs7-q20a
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1903/28549
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAt	Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
dc.relation.isAvailableAt	University of Maryland (College Park, Md)
dc.subject	women	en_US
dc.subject	family work distribution	en_US
dc.subject	family work	en_US
dc.subject	romantic relationships	en_US
dc.subject	college women	en_US
dc.subject	romantic partners	en_US
dc.subject	effective communication	en_US
dc.subject	couple communication	en_US
dc.subject	women's relationship satisfaction	en_US
dc.title	Educate and Empower: An Online Intervention to Improve College Women’s Knowledge and Confidence When Communicating in a Romantic Relationship	en_US
dc.type	Thesis Proposal	en_US

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

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