ABSTRACT
Divorce rates in Western countries have focused attention on the need to support couples experiencing marital problems. Unfortunately, only about half the couples who receive marital therapy benefit from it and few experience long-term improvement in their relationship (Jacobson & Addis, 1993). But even if success rates improved dramatically, the ubiquity of marital discord makes it unlikely that marital therapy will ever be able to meet the need for services. Largely in response to these problems, a variety of marital prevention and enrichment programs have been developed. The goal of such programs is to prepare couples for future problems and resolve any existing marital problems before they become significant (Coie et. al, 1993; Muehrer, Moscicki, & Koretz, 1993).
