Strengthening Couples’ Relationships – the NERMEM (part 1)
April 19, 2022 @ 9:33 pm CDT
About this Episode:
In this OneOp Family Transition’s episode, Dr. Karen Shirer and Dr. Jenny Rea have the privilege of chatting with Dr. Ted Futris, Extension Family Life Specialist and Georgia Athletic Association Professor in Family and Consumer Sciences, in the Department of Human Development and Family Science at the University of Georgia. Their conversation centers around the National Extension Relationship and Marriage Education Model (NERMEM) and how extension educators, as well as military family service providers, might be able to use the model in their work to help couples maintain healthy and stable relationships.
NERMEM contains seven elements that scientific research has found that can be learned to enhance healthy couple relationships. These elements are choose, care for self, know, care, share, manage, and connect.
Examples of how to apply the model’s elements in your work with military couples as well as how it can be applied to other aspects of family and professional life are provided.
Dr. Ted G. Futris is an Extension Family Life Specialist and Georgia Athletic Association Professor in Family and Consumer Sciences, in the Department of Human Development and Family Science at the University of Georgia. Dr. Futris provides statewide and national leadership for Extension programs in family life, with a particular focus on couples and relationship enrichment across the lifespan (http://healthyrelationships.uga.edu).
Futris, T. G., Adler-Baeder, F., McGill, J., Burke, L., Ketring, S., Smith, T., & Cook, L. A. (2020). ELEVATE: Taking your relationship to the next level. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Extension. Available at http://www.nermen.org/ELEVATE.php
Schramm, D., Futris, T. G., Warzinik, K, & Allen, K. (Eds) (2013). Healthy Relationship and Marriage Education Training Curriculum.Available at http://www.fcs.uga.edu/nermen/hrmet
McGill, J., Adler‐Baeder, F. and Garneau‐Rosner, C. (2021). An Evaluation of the ELEVATE Program for Couples: Considering Vulnerabilities and Relationship Length. Family Relations, 70, 327-351. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12502
Cooper, E., Adler‐Baeder, F., & McGill, J. (2021). Individual mental health and couple functioning following couple relationship education participation: exploring prospective cross‐lagged influences among changes. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.12493
Richardson, E. W., Pettit, M., Futris, T. G., & Gale, J. (2021). A latent class analysis of non-relative foster caregivers’ trait mindfulness and individual and relationship outcomes. Journal of Family Psychology. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000917
Richardson, E. W., Mallette, J. K., Futris, T. G., Dai, Y., & DeMeester, K. (2021). Foster caregivers’ parenting stress as a moderator of change in coparenting following relationship education. Journal of Family Issues. 35(5), 649–659. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X21103152
This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Office of Military Family Readiness Policy, U.S. Department of Defense under Award Number 2019-48770-30366.
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