Editing Anger management (section)

=== Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program ===

The Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP) is a program that was used in a study consisting of [[United States Air Force|Air Force]] families. The families were assigned to either a traditional multi-couple group format or a self-directed book version focusing on relationship satisfaction and anger management skills. There was a significant main effect for time related to both relationship satisfaction (pretest M = 49.8, SD = 17.6; post-test M = 53.8, SD = 17.6, F(1, 76) = 6.91, p < .01), and anger management skills, (pretest M = 32.2, SD = 4.2; post-test M = 34.6, SD = 4.0, F(1, 74) = 31.79, p < .001).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Anderson, J. R.|author2=Stith, S. M.|author3=Johnson, M. D.|author4=Strachman-Miller, M. M.|author5=Amanor-Boadu, Y.|author6=Linkh, D. J.|name-list-style=amp|year=2013|title=Multi-couple group and self-directed PREP formats enhance relationship satisfaction and improve anger management skills in Air Force couples|journal=American Journal of Family Therapy|volume=41|issue=2|pages=121–133|doi=10.1080/01926187.2012.671104|hdl=2097/15494|s2cid=56032423|hdl-access=free}}</ref>

The self-directed book version did not show as positive of results. Improving a couple's anger management skills can be a vital step in ensuring there are no violent outbreaks throughout the relationship.