The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of emotional intelligence and life skills training on marital adjustment among young couples. The research method was quasi-experiment with three groups pretest-posttest design (two experimental groups and one contro More
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of emotional intelligence and life skills training on marital adjustment among young couples. The research method was quasi-experiment with three groups pretest-posttest design (two experimental groups and one control group), and statistical population were the young couples participated in training workshop in a cultural center. The sample was consisted of 60 persons (20 persons in emotional intelligence training group, 20 persons in life skills training group and 20 persons in control group), who were selected using simple random sampling and then randomly assigned into two experimental groups and a control group. Assessment instruments consisted of Marital Adjustment Questionnaire (Spinner, 1976) and a researcher made Demographic Questionnaire. Data were analysis using analysis of covariance. The results revealed that life skills training and emotional intelligence training have significant effects on marital adjustment and their components (reciprocal satisfaction, reciprocal agreement, reciprocal correlation and affective expression) in young couples (P >0.05), but there was significant difference between emotional intelligence and life skills training in reciprocal satisfaction and reciprocal correlation (P < 0.01).
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The present study aimed to compare the effect of training successful marriage and that of training choice theory on the marital choice the young couples make.The method applied was quasi-experimental with a design in the form of pre-test, post-test and follow-up. The st More
The present study aimed to compare the effect of training successful marriage and that of training choice theory on the marital choice the young couples make.The method applied was quasi-experimental with a design in the form of pre-test, post-test and follow-up. The statistical population included newly married couples in Isfahan who had visited psychological consultants in the summer of 2019. Through subjective sampling, 45 couples were selected and then randomly divided into three groups: two experimental groups and one control group each of which included 15 couples. In order to measure the dependent variable, a researcher-made marital-choice questionnaire(Khanbani et al, 2014) was conducted. The group of successful marriage and the group of choice theory were both trained for 5 ninety-minute sessions but the control group did not receive any training. The results indicated that in terms of the variable of emotional choice, there was only a significant difference between the group of successful marriage and the group of choice theory in the post-test stage (p<0.05).Also, in the follow-up stage, there was only a significant difference between the group of successful marriage and the group of choice theory versus the control group(p<0.01).Likewise, in terms of the forced-choice variable, a significant difference was found only in the follow-up stage between the group of successful marriage and the group of choice theory versus the control group(p<0.05). Given the positive effect of training successful marriage and of training choice theory on encouraging the young couples to make logical choice in marriage, it is suggested that clinics and/or centers providing marital advisory service apply the mentioned training courses to prevent the undesired consequences of compulsory and/or emotional marriage.
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Purpose: Marriage and well-being are two intertwined phenomena at different stages of life. Successful marriage training and choice theory training in making the right decisions it seems are vital elements in providing psychological well-being for young couples. This re More
Purpose: Marriage and well-being are two intertwined phenomena at different stages of life. Successful marriage training and choice theory training in making the right decisions it seems are vital elements in providing psychological well-being for young couples. This research was administered with the aim of comparison of the effectiveness of successful marriage training and choice theory training on psychological wellbeing of young couples.Methodology: The research method is semi-experimental with three groups in three stages: pre-test, post-test and follow-up. The statistical population of the study included newly married couples (between one to six months after marriage) who referred to counseling centers in Isfahan in the summer of 2019. From the statistical population, 45 couples were selected through purposive sampling and randomly assigned to two experimental groups (15 couples in each group) and control group (15 couples). The short form of Ryff (1980) psychological wellbeing Questionnaire was used to measure the dependent variable. Successful marriage training group according to the needs of couples to know each other and choice theory training group according to Glasser (2000) choice theory trained each for 5 sessions of 90 minutes and one session per week and the control group did not receive any training. Data were analyzed by chi square, repeated measures analysis of variance and Bonferroni post hoc test by SPSS software, version 25.Findings: The results showed that successful marriage training is effective on the psychological well-being of young couples (P<0.01). Also, based on the results, choice theory training did not have a significant effect on the psychological well-being of young couples (P <0.05). Comparison of the two approach showed that successful marriage training was more effective on psychological well-being than choice theory training.Conclusion: Successful marriage education for Upgrade the psychological well-being of young couples is one of the possible approach trainings that can be considered for young couples.
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