The effectiveness of marital satisfaction intervention protocol on adherence to obligations: (Case Study: married female students of Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch)

Subject Areas : Psychology of couples

Zahra Afkham ¹ , Shokooh Navvabu Nezhad ^{2 *} , Ali Akbar Khosravi Babadi ³ , Hamid Reza Rezazadeh Bahadoran ⁴

1 - Specialized PhD Candidate, Department of Education and Counseling, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, [e-mail]
2 - (Corresponding Author), Full Professor, Department of Counseling, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran, [e-mail], Mobile: [phone]
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Counseling and Education, Central Tehran Branch, Azad University, Tehran, Iran [e-mail],
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling and Education, Central Tehran Branch, Azad University, Tehran, Iran, [e-mail],

Received: 2024-07-28 Accepted : 2024-09-28 Published : 2025-04-05

Keywords: adherence to commitments, intervention protocol, indigenous, marital satisfaction, the researcher – constructed,

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Abstract: Introduction: Today, with the occurrence of cultural, social, and technological changes, marital relations, including adherence to the obligations of the couple, have undergone ups and downs that sometimes threaten the family basis. So, this research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of marital satisfaction intervention protocol (constructed by the researcher) on adherence to obligations. Research Method: The research method was a clinical trial study and a pre-test and post-test design with a control group was used. The statistical population of the research consisted of married female students of Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, who had been married for at least 5 years. The research sample was selected based on Cohen's sample size estimation table and simple random sampling method (15 people in each group). The research tool was the Marital Intimacy Questionnaire of Vondenbroek and Bertman. The method of statistical analysis of the data was the univariate covariance test and the t-test of two independent samples. Findings: The findings indicated that the variable of "Adherence to Commitments", the assumption of homogeneity of the regression slope was not established, so the pre-test scores were subtracted from the post-test scores and the average difference was calculated in the groups using the t-test of two independent samples was compared. Between the differences in the variable of "adherence to obligations" in the test group respectively (4.733) and the control group (0.133) there was a significant difference and the average difference of agreement between couples in the test group was significantly greater than the average it was in the control group, so the effectiveness of the intervention protocol on the variable was confirmed. Conclusion: The results of this research can be used in family reinforcement programs in student counseling centers.

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