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What is CHAMPS?

  • Changing Hearts And Minds in relationshiPS

CHAMPS is a marriage and family therapy (MFT) study being conducted at Brigham Young University in Provo, UT. Researchers are examining the relationship between exercise, sleep, stress, emotional regulation and therapy outcomes among marital couples. It is an important first step in gaining information about how emotional regulation processes function in clinical couples, while providing data on how to incorporate ideas about the variable and emotional regulation into marital therapy interventions. We hope this research will ultimately help create lasting change in couples attending therapy.

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Dr. Angela Bradford, Ph.D., LMFT

Dr. Angela Bradford is an Associate Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy at Brigham Young University's School of Family Life. She earned a B.S. in Family Science from BYU and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies from Auburn University. Her research interests include mechanisms of change in marital relationships, neurocardiological processes in marital therapy, and predictors of therapy process and outcome. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist and clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and the Utah Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Dr. Bradford's research has been published in many scholarly publications and she currently serves as a member of the editorial boards for Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies and the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy​.
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Dr. Lee Johnson, Ph.D., LMFT

Dr. Lee Johnson is a Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy at Brigham Young University's School of Family Life. He grew up in Salt Lake City, UT and graduated from BYU with a B.S. in Family Science. He went on to earn an M.S. degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Utah State University and a Ph.D. from Kansas State University. Dr. Johnson worked at Friends University and the University of Georgia before joining the faculty at BYU. His research interests include emotional regulation and couple and family relationships with a specific focus on the relationship between physical exercise, improved sleep, and reduced stress and the role of anxiety in relationships. His work has been published in numerous scholarly publications, including the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy and Family Process. Dr. Johnson is a member of the Society for Psychotherapy Research and has won numerous awards, including the Teaching Innovation Award from the BYU School of Family Life and Best Article of the Year: Honorable Mention from the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy.
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Alexis Werner

Brianna McBride

Chloe McEwan

Rachel Parson

Christopher Neu

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