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Get Better Together: Relationship Education For Military Couples

Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine · with Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences · NCT07096271

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
1000
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
September 22, 2025
Record last updated
October 20, 2025

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What the study is about

This study is testing a program called Get Better Together, a relationship education program designed to help military couples effectively navigate life stressors as a team. The goal is to find out if attending Get Better Together improves mental health and relationship skills, and reduces problems like alcohol misuse, aggression, and suicide risk. Couples who join the study will be randomly placed into one of two groups. One group will attend Get Better Together at a weekend retreat. The other group will continue their usual activities and later receive access to an online relationship education program. All participants will complete surveys before the retreat and again 2, 4, and 6 months later.

Being studied: Get Better Together (GBT)

Conditions: Emotion Regulation; Relationship Conflict; Suicide Risk; Alcohol Use; Intimate Partner Violence (IPV); Relationship Distress; Interpersonal Emotion Regulation

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Couple is in a committed romantic relationship of at least six months
  • At least one partner is a military Service member on active duty
  • Both partners are age 18 or older
  • Couple has not previously attended a relationship enrichment retreat or workshop together (e.g., CREDO, Strong Bonds, BSRT). This does not include couples therapy or pre-marital counseling.

Exclusion Criteria

  • One or both partners decline to provide informed consent
  • Required command endorsement for retreat attendance is not received (for Service members E-6 and below)
  • Couple is unable or unwilling to attend any of the scheduled retreats during the study period

Recruiting US locations

  • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

    Bethesda, MD 20814

    Site contact: Sarah Carter, Ph.D · 301-400-5675 · GetBetterTogether@usuhs.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Sarah Carter, Ph.D. · 301-400-5675 · GetBetterTogether@usuhs.edu
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