Developing and implementing a Christian marriage enrichment program for Chinese immigrants

David J Wu

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Developing and implementing a Christian marriage enrichment program for Chinese immigrants

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David J Wu. Developing and Implementing a Christian Marriage Enrichment Program for Chinese Immigrants. Asbury Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/44d71a4b-47ae-40ce-b760-b30361a0891e.

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D. J. Wu. Developing and implementing a Christian marriage enrichment program for Chinese immigrants. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/44d71a4b-47ae-40ce-b760-b30361a0891e

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David J Wu. Developing and Implementing a Christian Marriage Enrichment Program for Chinese Immigrants. Asbury Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/44d71a4b-47ae-40ce-b760-b30361a0891e.

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The purpose of this study is to design, implement, and evaluate a marriage enrichment curriculum for Chinese immigrants. The course is designed to promote mutually satisfying relationships among the couples and thus foster marriage strengths and personal growth by means of lectures, group learning activities, and weekly home assignments. The curriculum is designed to concentrate on five areas: the Lordship of Christ, Intimacy, Communication, Responsibility, and Planning. Each week a subject is studied and practiced in these five areas. During the seminar, half of the time is used to review the lesson learned from the previous week and half of the time is to study the new topic. All the principles of the study are drawn from the Bible. The project adopted a quasi-experimental approach to determine the success of the treatment. The design first established two selected groups, subject group and control group, each consisting of sixteen couples. The subject group received the ten-week seminars and the control group remained untreated. Pre-tests, post-tests and delayed tests two months after the seminar were employed to evaluate the treatment. The test includes the Spanier Dyadic Adjustment (DAS) to measure the general quality of marriage and the Marriage Relationship Evaluation Survey (MRES) to measure the specific five areas covered in the seminars. The findings of this study demonstrate that there was significant, positive change in marriage quality immediately after the ten-week marriage enrichment seminars. The change endured for at least two months after the treatment. The curriculum proved to be a successful tool to help Chinese Christian couples improve their marriages.

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