All of the products and programs from PREPARE/ENRICH are built on a strong research foundation. In addition, research evaluates the impact of the programs and seeks ways to improve their effectiveness and impact. Research is ongoing to discover new ideas and ways of improving marriage.

PREPARE/ENRICH Research Articles

Read research studies demonstrating how our programs improve marriages. Click the link below to review these studies.
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Marriage Mentor Studies

These studies demonstrate the power of marriage mentoring. The studies examine the various components of the program, including PREPARE and Empowering Couples Program.
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Articles for Couples

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Mission Statement

"Helping Build Strong Marriages and Healthy Relationships."

Underlying Values and Strategies:

All programmes and resources are scientifically developed and researched.
We are committed to reaching the entire life-span: youth, premarital, married, and aging couples.
Our programmes and resources are designed to be proactive, practical, and skills-based.
We help individuals, couples, and families identify their strengths, as well as growth areas.
We seek to provide responsive, efficient, and helpful customer service.
We seek to create a positive work environment for our employees.

Key Features of PREPARE/ENRICH Products:

Cutting Edge Products: The books and programs are of the highest quality and reflect the most up-to-date research and development.
User Friendly Products: Both professionals and the couples they work with praise the ease of using these products.
Helps Build Relationship Skills: All of the resources are designed to help people develop their communication and conflict resolution skills.
Deal with Significant Issues: All of the books and programs deal with very relevant topics and issues for developing relationships.
Reflect Diversity in Culture: All the material is designed to be relevant and work with various ethnic groups, social classes and education levels.
Strengths are a major focus: The products help individuals, couples and professionals identify their strengths.
Assessment scales help to personalize materials: By taking quizzes, people get feedback about themselves and their relationship that is personalized to them.
Solid research foundation: All of the books and programmes are built on current research findings and ongoing in-house studies.
Ongoing product development and improvements: The products are continually being improved and updated.

THE ^#1 PREMARITAL AND MARRIAGE ASSESSMENT
FOR OVER 35 YEARS

 

OVER
4MIL

Relationships
strengthened

 

 

OVER
100K

Facilitators in
100+ countries

 

 

 
12

Languages
available

 

 

OVER
50K

Communities and
churches served

 

 

 

 

Why Prepare/Enrich?

Because we're the global standard

With a solid research foundation and wide applicability of the assessment, P/E has found its home in the offices of professionals and lay leaders.

P/E adapts and reacts to the changing reality of relationships through continued research and development of assessment versions and resources. The reliability of the assessment and feedback guided by our Facilitators help couples strengthen and enrich their relationships.

 

 

 

 

 

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Couples

Committed couples gain a deeper understanding of dynamics, personality, stress and strength and growth areas.

 

 

Families

Parents expand their understanding of parenting styles and dynamics while strengthening their own communication.

 

 

Churches

Congregations reach out to potential and current members by building a relational, strengths-based marriage ministry.

 

 

Counsellors

Professionals streamline their intake process to get a comprehensive, objective view of each couple's relationship.

 

 

 

 

 

P/E and its background structure FACES (Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale) continues to be one of the most researched assessment tools with over 1200 published articles supporting its validity and reliability.

Researchers and professionals across multiple disciplines regard P/E as one of the most effective tools in their professional toolbox.

 

 

 

 

The most trusted assessment

 

 

 

 

 

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