Developing a Marital Skills Training Package and its Effectiveness on Enhancing Intimacy and Psychological Well-being of Couples with Marital Conflicts: A Mixed-Methods Research

Objective: This research aimed to develop a training package on marital skills and its effectiveness in improving intimacy and psychological well-being of couples involved in marital conflicts.Methods:  The research method in the qualitative part was content analysis, and in the quantitative part, a quasi-experimental design with a pretest-posttest control group. The statistical population in the qualitative section was ۱۰ specialists in the field of counseling and psychology, and in the qualitative section, couples with conflict in the city of Shahrekord in ۱۴۰۳. The research method , purposive sampling method was used. In this research, ۱۶ couples with the inclusion and exclusion criteria were selected and randomly assigned to the experimental group (۸ couples) and the control group (۸ couples). To collect data, the Marital Conflict Questionnaire (MCQ), Ryff's Psychological Well-being Scale (RPWBS), and the Marital Intimacy Scale (MIS) were used. The data were analyzed using analysis of covariance and SPSS۲۴ software. The results of the analysis of covariance showed (P<۰.۰۱).Results: Therefore, it can be concluded that marital skills training, as a social approach, had an enhancing role in intimacy and psychological well-being of couples with marital conflicts.Conclusion: The results of this research can be used by counseling and psychological centers, education and training, parent-teacher associations, welfare organizations, and all cultural institutions.

کلیدواژه ها:

marital conflict ، marital intimacy ، Marital skills ، psychological well-being