Ready or not: The influence of readiness on healthy marriage and relationship education training outcomes

Amy Laura Arnold, Evin W. Richardson and Robyn Cenizal

Children and Youth Services Review, 2016, vol. 63, issue C, 67-73

Abstract: This exploratory study utilizes a sample of human service providers and administrators to examine personal, agency, and collaborative readiness as predictors of training outcomes (utility reaction, gains in knowledge, and transfer of learning). The study is informed by the child welfare training evaluation model to address the effect of participants' (n=58) readiness indicators and learning impact in relation to the transfer of learning that takes place following a one-day training. Participants' personal and agency readiness predicted their utility reaction, while personal readiness predicted gains in knowledge. The association between agency readiness and transfer of learning was partially mediated by utility reaction. Implications are drawn for both human service providers and researchers.

Keywords: Relationship education; Service providers; Readiness to change; Transfer of learning; Training outcomes; Program evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.02.014

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