Get Better Together: Relationship Education For Military Couples
This study is testing a program called Get Better Together (GBT), a relationship education program for military couples. GBT aims to help couples manage stress and improve their relationship skills. The goal is to see if GBT can reduce problems like alcohol misuse, aggression, and the risk of suicide. Couples in a committed relationship for at least six months, where one partner is an active-duty military service member and both are over 18, can join. You cannot have attended a similar relationship retreat before. Success would mean participants show fewer suicidal thoughts, less alcohol misuse, and reduced intimate partner violence after attending GBT. The study status is currently unclear.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study planning to enroll 1000 couples. Participants will be randomly placed into one of two groups: one attending GBT at a weekend retreat, and the other receiving access to an online program later.
- What's involved
- You will complete surveys at the start of the study, and then again 2, 4, and 6 months later. One group will attend a weekend retreat.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Participants will be followed for 6 months after the initial surveys, with follow-up surveys at 2, 4, and 6 months.
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Get Better Together: Relationship Education For Military Couples
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Sarah Carter, Ph.D. · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
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What this trial measures
- Suicide CognitionsBaseline, 2-month, 4-month, and 6-month follow-up
Assessed using the Suicide Cognition Scale-Revised (SCS-R), a 16-item validated self-report measure capturing cognitive risk factors for suicidal behavior. Scores range from 0 to 64, with higher scores reflect greater risk.
- Alcohol MisuseBaseline, 2-month, 4-month, and 6-month follow-up
Measured using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C), a 3-item measure designed to identify hazardous drinking. Scores range from 0 to 12, with higher scores reflect greater likelihood of drinking affecting one's health and safety.
- Intimate Partner ViolenceBaseline, 2-month, 4-month, and 6-month follow-up
Measured using the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale-Short Form (CTS2S), a 20-item measure assessing multiple types of relationship abuse. Dichotomous scores will indicate the presence of any form of abuse. Dichotomous subscale scores will indicate the presence of assault, injury, psychological aggression, or sexual coercion.