Effects of a Premarital Education Program for Single person.
- Author:
Sung Hee LEE
1
;
Hee Sook KIM
Author Information
1. College of Nursing, Kyungpook National University, Korea. leesh@knu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article ; Randomized Controlled Trial
- Keywords:
Education;
Single person;
Sex;
Role;
Marriage
- MeSH:
Education*;
Follow-Up Studies;
Gender Identity;
Humans;
Marriage;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Random Allocation;
Single Person*;
Volunteers
- From:Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing
2007;13(4):272-279
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose was to test the effects of a premarital education program for singles on their sex role attitude and marriage expectations. METHOD: Forty seven single people were recruited through website advertisements. Volunteers were randomly assigned either to participate in a 4 week premarital education program(2 hours per week)(n=23) or the option to get a hand-out used with the experimental group after a post-test(n=24). An interviewer blinded to the randomization collected questionnaire data from all subjects at pre and post test. The program covered 2 thematic areas: the value of marriage and gender equity-relations. The data was analyzed using chi-square -test, t-test, and ANCOVA. RESULT: There was a significant difference in the marriage-expectation score between the two groups. However, the sex role attitudes score in the experimental group was not significantly different from that of the control group. CONCLUSION: This premarital education program for singles had positive effects on marriage expectations but not on sex role attitude. Longer follow-up might be needed to evaluate these effects.
