The Effect of Schema-Based Pre-marital Instruction on Marriage Values and the Ideal Image of the Spouse in Single Girls

Subject Areas : Woman and family

Samaneh  Mokhtari ¹ (PhD Student in Counseling, Faculty of Education and Psychology Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan), Isfahan, Iran)
Zahra.  Yousefi. ² (Assistant Professor, Azad University, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Isfahan (Khorasgan), Isfahan, Iran (Corresponding author))
GholamReza  Manshaei ³ (Associate Professor, Faculty of Education and Psychology Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan), Isfahan, Iran)

Received: 2021-03-10 Accepted : 2021-06-12 Published : 2022-02-20

Keywords: marriage values, maladaptive schemas, pre-marital, spouse selection, ideal image of spouse,

Abstract :

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of schema-based pre-marital instructionon the marriage values ​​and the ideal image of the spouse in single girls in Isfahan. This study was performed using the quasi-experimental method with pretest-posttest design and control group. The statistical population of this study consisted single girls under 30 years old in Isfahan. For this purpose, 30 single girls were selected through convenience sampling method and were divided into two groups: (15 people) in control and (15 people) in experimental group. The experimental group underwent schema-based pre-marital group training during 15 ninety-minute sessions. Participants answered the Marriage Values Questionnaire by Delkhamoosh ​​(2007) and Spouse Selection Attitudes Questionnaire by Cobb, Larson and Watson (2003) in the pre-intervention and post-intervention stages. The only difference was that the control group did not receive any intervention. Findings from the covariance ANCOVA showed that pre-marital instruction the ideal image of the spouse in the post-test stage (P/00.05). Therefore, it can be concluded that the schema-based pre-marital education can be considered as an important and key pre-marital intervention. The results of this study can be used by family and marriage counselors.

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