Couples group interventions: Research reviews, theory, and policy
Cowan, P. A., Cowan, C. P., & Knox, V. (2010). Marriage and fatherhood programs. Future of Children, 20, 205-230. doi: 10.1353/foc.2010.0000
Knox, V., Cowan, P. A., Cowan, C. P., & Bildner, E. (2011). Policies that Strengthen Fatherhood and Family Relationships: What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Know? Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 635, 216-239. doi: 10.1177/0002716210394769
Holmes, E. K., Cowan, P.C., Cowan, C.P., Hawkins, A. (2013). Marriage, fatherhood, and parenting programming (2nd ed.). In N. J. Cabrera & C. S. Tamis-LeMonda (Ed.), Handbook of father involvement: Mulitidisciplinary perspectives (pp. 438-454). New York: Routledge.
Hawkins, A. J., Stanley, S. M., Cowan, P. A., Fincham, F., Beach, S. R. H., Cowan, C. P., Rhoades, G., Markman, H. J., & Dair, A. P. (2013). A more optimistic perspective on government-supported marriage and relationship education programs for lower income couples. American Psychologist, 68, 110-112. doi:10.1037/a0031792.
Cowan, P. A., & Cowan, C. P. (2014). Controversies in couple relationship education (CRE): Overlooked evidence and implications for research and policy. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 20(4), 361-383. doi:10.1037/law0000025
Cowan, P.A., Cowan, C.P., Pruett, M.K. & Pruett, K.D. (2017). An attachment-informed couple intervention: A review of the evidence base from independent studies in California and England. In H.S. Steele & M. Steele (Eds.), Handbook of attachment-based interventions (pp. 466-492). New York, NY: Guilford.
Cowan, C. P. & Cowan, P. A., (2019). Enhancing parenting effectiveness, fathers’ involvement, couple relationship quality, and children’s development: Breaking down silos in family policy-making and service-delivery. Journal of Family Theory and Review, 11, 92-111. doi:10.1111/jftr.1230
Cowan, P. A., & Cowan, C. P. Breaking down silos with systemically-oriented preventative interventions: Implications for family policy. (in press). In K.S. Wampler (Ed.), Handbook of systemic family therapy, Vol. 2. L.M. McWay Associate Ed.
Pruett, K.D. & Pruett, M.K. (invited, in process). Engaging fathers of young children in low income families to improve child and family outcomes; An intervention and prevention perspective. In H.E. Fitzgerald, K. von Klitzing, N. Cabrera, T. Skjothaug, & J. Scarano de Mendonca. Handbook of Fathers: Prenatal to PreK. New York, Springer Press.
Interventions with group components for separated couples
Pruett, M.K., Insabella, G. & Gustafson, K. (January 2005). The Collaborative Divorce Project: A court based intervention for separating parents with young children. Special issue on “Interventions in the Family Court System”, C. Depner & I. Sandler (Eds.), Family Court Review, 43(1), 38-51.doi:10.1111/j.1744-1617.2005.00006.x
Pruett, M.K. & Barker, R. (2009). Influencing co-parenting effectiveness after divorce: What works and how it works. In Marc Schulz, Marsha Kline Pruett, Patricia Kerig & Ross Parke (Eds.), Strengthening couple relationships for optimal child development: Lessons from research and intervention (pp. 181-196). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Pruett, M.K., Ebling, R.E. & Cowan, P.A. (2011). Pathways from a U.S. co-parenting intervention to legal outcomes. International Journal of Law, Policy, and the Family, 25(1), 24-45. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/lawfam/ebq015
Pruett, M.K. & Ebling, R.E. (2012). Parenting after separation (PAS): Educator’s manual. Parenting education curriculum for separating/divorcing parents. Alberta, Canada: Family Justice Services.
Pruett, M.K. & Ebling R.E. (2012). Parenting after separation (PAS): Parents’ guide and supplementary materials. Parenting education curriculum for separating/divorcing parents. Alberta, CAN: Family Justice Services.
Pruett, M.K. & Ebling, R.E. (2013). Parenting after separation for high conflict families (PAS-HC): Parent’s guide and supplementary materials. Parenting education curriculum for separating/divorcing parents. Alberta, Canada: Family Justice Services.
Pruett, M.K. & Cornett, L. (2017). Evaluation of the University of Denver’s Center for Separating and Divorcing Families: The first out-of-court divorce option. Family Court Review, 55(3), 375-389. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/fcre.12292
Schepard, A. Pruett, M.K., & Kourlis, R. (2017). The family law bar, the interdisciplinary Resource Center for Separating and Divorcing Families, and the “spark to kindle the white flame of progress”. Special Issue of Family Court Review, 55(1), 84-96. https://doi.org/10.1111/fcre.12264
Couples group intervention studies
Cowan, C.P., & Cowan, P.A. (1992). When partners become parents: The big life change for couples. New York: Basic Books.
Paperback edition: 1993;
Translations:
German: Piper Press, Munich, 1993.
Spanish: Javier Vergara Editore, Argentina, Buenos Aires, 1993.
Chinese: Yuan-Liou Publishing, Taiwan, 1994.
French: J’ai Lu, Paris, 1994.
Italian: Raffaello Cortina Editore, Milan, 1997.
Republished in 2000 with a new forward by John M. Gottman and a new Afterword by the authors. Mattwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Cowan, C.P., Cowan, P.A., Heming, G., Garrett, E.T., Coysh, W.S., Curtis- Boles, H., & Boles, A.J. (1985). Transitions to parenthood: His, hers, and theirs. Journal of Family Issues, 6, 451-481.
Cowan, C. P., & Cowan, P.A. (1995) Interventions to ease the transition to parenthood: Why they are needed and what they can do. Family Relations, 4(4), 412-424.
Cowan, C. P., Cowan, P. A., & Heming, G. (2005). Two variations of a preventive intervention for couples: Effects on parents and children during the transition to school. In P. Cowan, C. P. Cowan, J. Ablow, V.K. Johnson and J. R. Measelle, (Eds.). The family context of parenting in children’s adaptation to elementary school. (pp. 277-312). Mahwah, NJ, US: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Schulz, M. S., Cowan, C. P., & Cowan, P. A. (2006). Promoting healthy beginnings: A randomized controlled trial of a preventive intervention to preserve marital quality during the transition to parenthood. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74, 20-31. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-006X.74.1.20
Cowan, P. A., Cowan, C. P., & Barry, J. (2011). Couples’ groups for parents of preschoolers: Ten-year outcomes of a randomized trial. Journal of Family Psychology, 25(2). doi: 10.1037/a0023003
Supporting Father Involvement studies
Cowan, P. A., Cowan, C. P., Pruett, M. K., & Pruett, K. D. (2007). An approach to preventing co-parenting conflict and divorce in low-income families: Strengthening couple relationships and fostering fathers’ involvement. Family Process, 46, 109-121. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1545-5300.2006.00195.x
Cowan, C.P., Cowan, P.A., Cohen, N., Pruett, M.K., & Pruett. K. (2008). Supporting fathers’ involvement with kids. In J.D. Berrick & N. Gilbert (Eds.). Raising Children: Emerging needs, modern risks, and social responses (pp. 44-80). New York: Oxford University Press.
Pruett, M. K., Cowan, C. P., Cowan, P. A., & Pruett, K. (2009). Lessons learned from the Supporting Father Involvement study: A cross-cultural preventive intervention for low-income families with young children. Journal of Social Service Research, 35(2), 163-179. Doi:10.1080/01488370802678942
Pruett, M. K., Cowan, C. P., Cowan, P. A., & Pruett, K. (2009). A Cross-cultural preventive intervention for low-income families with young children. Journal of Social Services Research, 35, 163-169. doi: 10.1080/01488370802678942
Cowan, P.A., Cowan, C.P., Pruett, M.K., & Pruett, K. (2009). Six barriers to father involvement and suggestions for overcoming them. National Council of Family Relations Report. Spring. F1-F4.
Cowan, P.A., Cowan, C. P., Pruett, M. K., & Pruett, K.D., & Wong, J. (2009). Promoting fathers’ engagement with children: Preventive interventions for low-income families. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 71, 663-679. Doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00625.x
Pruett, M.K., Cowan, C.P., Cowan, P.A., & Pruett, K. (2009). Fathers as resources in families involved in the child welfare system. Protecting Children, 24, 54-64.
Pruett, M. K., Cowan, C. P., Cowan, P. A., & Diamond, J. (2012). Supporting father involvement in the context of separation and divorce. In K. Kuehnle & L. M. Drozd (Eds.), Parenting plan evaluations: Applied research for the family court (pp. 123-151). New York: Oxford University Press. (A revision to appear in the second edition, 2016).
Cowan, C.P., Cowan, P.A., Pruett, M.K. & Pruett, K.D. (May-June 2013). Evaluating the impact of father involvement programming: The SFI model. Washington, DC: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs. DOI: http://www.amchp.org/AboutAMCHP/Newsletters/Pulse/May-June 2013/Pages/features.aspx
Cowan, P. A., Cowan, C. P., Pruett, M. K., Pruett, K., & Gillette, P. (2014). Evaluating a couples group to enhance father Involvement in low-Income families using a benchmark comparison. Family Relations, 63(3), 356-370. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12072
Epstein, K., Pruett, M. K., Cowan, P., Cowan, C., Pradhan, L., Mah, E., & Pruett, K. (2015). More than One Way to Get There: Pathways of Change in Coparenting Conflict after a Preventive Intervention. Family Process, 54(4), 610-618. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12138
Pruett, M.K. & Gillette, P. (May 2014). Supporting Father Involvement Program Evaluation, Government Report, Prepared for the Norlien Foundation. Calgary, Alberta, CAN.
Pruett, M.K., Robins, S., Chen, T., Honig, R., & Lane, A. (August 2014). Supporting Father Involvement (SFI) follow-up evaluation. Final Report for the Norlien Foundation. Calgary, Alberta, CAN.
Pruett, K.D., Pruett, M.K., Cowan, C.P., & Cowan, P.A. (2016) Supporting father involvement project: A value-added co-parenting program. In J. J. Ponzetti, Jr. (Ed.). Evidence-based parenting education: A global perspective (pp. 176-191). New York. Routledge.
Pruett, M.K., Gillette, P., & Pruett, K. D. (2016). Supporting father involvement to promote co-parent, parent and child outcomes in a Canadian context. . Psychology and Psychological Research International Journal, 1(1). https://medwinpublishers.com/PPRIJ/PPRIJ16000111.pdf
Pruett, M. K., Cowan, C. P., Cowan, P. A., Pradhan, L., Robins, S., & Pruett, K. D. (2016). Supporting father involvement in the context of separation and divorce. In L. Drizd, M. Saini, & N.Olesen (Eds.), Parenting plan evaluations: Applied research for the family court (2nd ed., pp. 85-117). New York: Oxford University Press
Pruett, M. K., Pruett, K., Cowan, C. P., & Cowan, P. A. (2017). Enhancing father involvement in low‐income families: A couples group approach to preventive intervention. Child Development, 88(2), 398-407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12744
Pruett, M. K., Pruett, K. D., Cowan, C. P., & Cowan, P. A. (2017). Enhancing paternal engagement in a coparenting paradigm. Child Development Perspectives, 11(4), 245-250. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12239
Casey, P., Cowan, P. A., Cowan, C. P., Draper, L., Mwamba, N., & Hewison, D. (2017). Parents as partners: A U.K. Trial of a U.S. Couples‐based parenting intervention for at‐risk low‐income families. Family Process, 56, 598-606. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12289
Cowan, P. A., Cowan, C. P., Pruett, M. K., & Pruett, K. D. (2018). Supporting Father Involvement: A father-inclusive couples group approach to parenting interventions In H. Steele & M. Steele (Eds.), Handbook of attachment-based interventions (pp.466-492). New York: Guilford.
Kline Pruett, M., Cowan, P. A., Cowan, C. P., Gillette, P., & Pruett, K. (2019). Supporting Father Involvement: A group intervention for low-income community and child welfare referred couples. Family Relations, 68(1), 51-67. doi:10.1111/fare.12352
Pruett, M.K., Nakash, O., Welton, E. Cowan, C.P., Cowan, P.A., & Gillette, P. (2019). Using an initial clinical interview to assess the coparenting relationship: Preliminary examples from the Supporting Father Involvement Program. Smith College Studies in Social Work, 89(1), 38-65. DOI: 10.1080/00377317.2019.1576466.
Cowan, P. A., Cowan, C. P., Pruett, M.K., & Pruett, K. (2019). Fathers’ and mothers’ attachment styles, couple conflict, parenting quality, and children’s behavior problems: An intervention test of mediation. Attachment and Human Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2019.1582600