Research shows that Parents Forever is an effective program. Following is a list of research we have conducted since 2005. Scholarship is organized by year of presentation or publication.
Dworkin, J. D., & Karahan, A. R. (2005). Parents Forever: Evaluation of a divorce education curriculum. Journal of Extension, 43(1).
McCann, E., & Musich, J. (2006). Parents Forever™: Reducing the risk for children in family transition. In Prevent Child Abuse Minnesota conference, St. Paul, MN.
McCann, E., & Musich, J. (2006). Parents Forever: Reducing the risk for children in family transition. In University of North Texas parenting education conference, Denton, TX.
McCann, E. (2006). Parents Forever: Reducing the risk for children in family transition. In Supervised visitation network conference, Rapid City, SD.
Tralle, M., Allen, R., Musich, J., & McCann, E. (2006). Does divorce education for parents make a difference? In National Council on Family Relations conference, Minneapolis, MN.
Tralle, M., Allen, R., McCann, E., Musich, J., & Stoppa, P. (2007). Does divorce education for parents make a difference? In National Extension Association of Family Consumer Science conference, St. Paul, MN.
McCann, E., & Musich, J. (2009, April). Impact of divorce on children in-service.In Minnesota Community Education Association conference, St. Cloud, MN.
Brotherson, S. E., White, J., & Masich, C. (2010). Parents Forever™: An assessment of the perceived value of a brief divorce education program. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 51(8), 465-490. doi:10.1080/10502556.2010.504095
Tralle, M., Marczak, M., McCann, E., Hardman, A., & Da’ar, O. (2011). Cost benefit analysis: Is it worth it? Exploring the economic worth of parent education programs. In National Council on Family Relations conference, Orlando, FL.
Brotherson, S. E., Rittenbach, C., & White, J. M. (2012). Impacts of Parents Forever™ on parental behavior and adjustment during divorce: A short-term follow-up evaluation study. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 53(4), 267-291. doi:10.100/10502556.2012.671655
McCann, E. (2013, November). Working with families of divorce, separation & never-married
parents. In Minnesota Community Education conference. St. Paul, MN.
Olson, K., & Joeng, J. R. (2013, November).The effectiveness of a court mandated divorce education program online. In J. Crawford (Chair), Divorce and divorce education. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, San Antonio, TX.
Becher, E. H., Cronin, S., McCann, E., Olson, K. A., Powell, S., & Marczak, M. S. (2015). Parents Forever™: Evaluation of an Online Divorce Education Program. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 56(4), 261-276.
McGuire, J., Brotherson, S., Becher, E., Hall, E., McCann, E., Olson, K., Powell, S., & Cronin, S. (2015, November). Improving outcomes for families following divorce and education. In B. Hughes (Chair), Divorce education in Minnesota, North Dakota, Missouri, Oklahoma. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Olson, K., & McCann, E. (2015). Parents Forever: Supporting Minnesota Fathers & Families Network. In Fatherhood summit, St. Cloud, MN.
Becher, E. & Welshons, K. (2016, November). Tough choices: Converting an 8 hour program to a 4 hour program. In E.M. McCann & S.E. Powell (Chairs), Keeping a coparenting program viable and sustainable. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, Minneapolis, MN.
Cronin, S., Deenanath, V., & Powell, S. (2016, November). Coparent education: Connecting theory, research, and practice. In E.M. McCann & S.E. Powell (Chairs), Keeping a coparenting program viable and sustainable. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, Minneapolis, MN.
Hall, E. L. & McGuire, J. K. (May, 2016). Separation and custody negotiations in Sexual & Gender Minority (SGM) couples. Paper presented at the 4th Annual LGBT Symposium, Champagne, IL.
Hall, E. & McGuire, J. (2016, November). Barriers to separation/coparent services for sexual & gender minority (SGM) couples. In E.M. McCann & S.E. Powell (Chairs), Keeping a coparenting program viable and sustainable. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, Minneapolis, MN.
Quamme, S. (2016, November). Reflections upon teaching a coparent population. In E.M. McCann & S.E. Powell (Chairs), Keeping a coparenting program viable and sustainable. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, Minneapolis, MN.
McCann, E.M. (2016, November). Reenvisioning Coparent curriculum: Meeting the needs of a changing population. In E.M. McCann & S.E. Powell (Chairs), Keeping a coparenting program viable and sustainable. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, Minneapolis, MN.
Cronin, S., Becher, E. H., McCann, E., McGuire, J., & Powell, S. (2017, June). Relational conflict and outcomes from an online divorce education program. Evaluation and Program Planning, 62, pp. 49-55.
Becher, E.H., McGuire, J.K., McCann, E.M., Powell, S., Cronin, S., & Deenanath, V. (2018). Extension-based divorce education: A quasi-experimental design study of the Parents Forever program. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage. doi: 10.1080/10502556.2018.1466256
Powell, S., McCann, E.M., McGuire, J.K. (2018). Intersectionality and Identity Salience in Support Seeking Strategies of Sexual Gender Minority. National Council on Family Relations, San Diego, CA.
Hardman, A.M., Becher, E. H., McCann, E.H., Powell, S.., Garbow, J., Rajasekar, N., & Marczak, M.S. (2019). Theoretical and empirical foundations of divorce education: Connecting program theory and curricular content. Journal of Human Sciences and Extension, 7(3), 260- 280.
Becher, E.H., Kim, H., Cronin, S.E., Deenanath, V., McGuire, J.K., McCann, E., & Powell, S. (2019). Positive parenting and parental conflict: Contributions to resilient coparenting during divorce. Family Relations, 68, 150-164. doi:10.1111/fare.12349.
Powell, S., Cronin, S., McCann, E., McGuire, J., Becher, E.H., & Hall, E. (2020). Parent well-being in divorce education. Journal of Family Strengths,20(1), 1-19. https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/jfs/vol20/iss1/2
McCann, E., Powell, S., Becher, E.H., & McGuire, J. (2020). Reenvisioning coparent curriculum: Meeting the needs of a changing population. Adult Learning, 31(3), 120-131. https://doi.org/10.1177/1045159519892681
Reviewed in 2022