HDF 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Temporary Assistance For Needy Families

• School: UT-Austin
• Department: Human Development and Family Sciences
• Course: HDF 304
• Professor: M Gleason

Document Summary

The case for marriage: (cid:894)waite & gallagher, (cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)(cid:895) (cid:862)marriage (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ges (cid:374)ot o(cid:374)ly the (cid:272)ouple"s relatio(cid:374) to ea(cid:272)h other, it (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ges the (cid:272)ouple"s relatio(cid:374)ship to the outside (cid:449)orld. Meta analyses are not always helpful because getting insignificant findings posted is very difficult. If you are going to get the benefit of marriage, you have to be happily married: keicolt & newton (2001) reviewed 64 studies of relationship quality moderated the relationship between marital status and health. Temporary assistance to needy families (tanf: president bush signed the deficit reduction act of 2005 which included funding for tanf, 100 million dollars per year was earmarked for improving marital outcomes in low- income families. These programs overwhelmingly failed: did not improve marital outcomes, assumed couples did not value marriage, outside pressures predicted success of marriage. A test of interventions: the prevention and relationship enhancement program (prep)