The Effect of a Gender Education Program Based on the Com-B Model Developed for Newlywed Couples and Home Monitoring on Individuals and Families

NCT07270913 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: Date:11.13.2025, No: 2025/354
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 200
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Introduction and Aims: The family, recognized as the smallest and most powerful social unit that forms society, is an arena where gender roles, gender identities, and inequalities are reproduced and developed. The establishment, maintenance, and continuation of a healthy marriage is the source of healthy families and, naturally, healthy individuals. Therefore, research on newly married individuals is valuable as it sheds light on future generations. This research began with the question, "How should effective gender education be designed to minimize gender inequality and the problems arising from it?" This research presents a study protocol to evaluate the effectiveness of a gender education program based on the Capacity, Opportunity, and Motivation to Behave (COM-B) model. Furthermore, this study aims to take solid steps in the first stage of family formation through a one-year follow-up of newly married couples and thus create healthy and strong families. Method: This study will be conducted as a two-phase, prospective, single-center, two-group (1:1) parallel design, pre-test-post-test randomized controlled trial. The Capacity, Opportunity, and Motivation Behavior (COM-B) model is a theoretical framework consisting of six components to understand and support behavior change. In the first phase, a gender education program based on the COM-B model (COMBTC) will be developed, and in the second phase, the effectiveness of COMBTC will be evaluated with 100 newly married couples. The sample will consist of 100 couples who have been married for no more than one month and live in central Şanlıurfa, divided into intervention and control groups at a 1:1 ratio. Participants in the intervention group will undergo a 3-week, multi-component education program based on the COM-B model, while participants in the control group will receive routine general advice. Assessments will be conducted at baseline, after the education, and at 6-11 months. Research data will be collected using a personal information form, a healthy family scale, a marital role expectations scale, a marital problem-solving scale, and a family harmony scale. The data will be evaluated using descriptive statistical analyses and relevant tests.

Conditions

Family Dynamics; Education; Home Monitoring Follow-up; Newly Married Couples; Gender Equality; COM_B Model

Keywords

Gender; COM-B Model; Behavior Change; Newly married couples; Family Health; Home monitoring; Family harmony

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• To ensure the formation of egalitarian role expectations in marriage

  Change From Baseline in healthy family scale at 10 month. Change From Baseline in marital role expectations scale at 10 month. Change From Baseline in marital problem-solving scale at 10 month Change From Baseline in family harmony at 10 month

  First 2 months of preparation and education Through study completion, an average of 10 month

• Ensuring the formation of egalitarian role expectations in marriage

  Research data will be collected using a personal information form, a healthy family scale, a marital role expectations scale, a marital problem-solving scale, and a family harmony scale.

  10 month

Study Arms (2)

Gender education and home monitoring

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: information

2. Control

NO INTERVENTION

Interventions

information BEHAVIORAL

COM-B Gender İnformation

Also known as: Home monitoring

Gender education and home monitoring

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 40 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Married 1 month ago
• The woman and her husband are literate in Turkish
• Being a housewife
• Growing up in Şanlıurfa and residing in the center
• Authorizing participation.

You may not qualify if:

• \- Married for more than 1 month or single
• Being a working woman
• Not knowing Turkish
• Not living in the center of Şanlıurfa
• Currently participating in any other intervention program

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Selma Kahraman: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Coitus

Interventions

Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Sexual Behavior; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Blood Chemical Analysis; Clinical Chemistry Tests; Clinical Laboratory Techniques; Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures; Diagnosis; Diagnostic Techniques, Endocrine; Monitoring, Physiologic; Self-Testing; Self Care; Therapeutics; Investigative Techniques

Central Study Contacts

Selma Kahraman, Professor, Doctor

CONTACT

9041431833000; skahraman1308@gmail.com

Zeliha Turan, PhD

CONTACT

904143183300; zeliha028444@gmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor Doctor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 18, 2025
• First Posted: December 8, 2025
• Study Start: January 1, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): January 1, 2027
• Study Completion (Estimated): February 1, 2027
• Last Updated: December 8, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-11