The Effect of Group Training of Couple Communication Program (CCP) on Marital Adjustment of Couples

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1 Ph.D Student in Counseling, Department of Counseling, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Counseling, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Isfahan

Abstract

Background and Aims: The current research was conducted by the aim of studying the effectiveness of group training of couple communication program (CCP) on marital adjustment of couples in Bojnourd, Iran.
Material and Methods: The present research is a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest with control group design. The study population included all the couples who had visited the Hamyaran Salamat Ravan center in Bojnourd city in the first half of 2017. Using available sampling method, 20 couples who had gained the lowest scores in Marital Adjustment Questionnaire and were qualified for participating in the research were selected and, then, they were assigned into two groups of experiment and control by using random assignment method. The data gathering tool was Dyadic Adjustment Scale of Spinner 1976 which was completed by two groups as pretest. Afterwards, the experiment group received the intervention (couple communication program), but the control group received no intervention. After finishing the training sessions, a posttest was taken by both groups. Also, both groups participated in a follow-up session after about 6 weeks. The data were analyzed through Analysis of variance with repeated measures by SPSS18 software.
Results: The results of repeated measures for comparing three phases for both groups showed that couple communication program has been effective in enhancing marital adjustment of couples and the results have been still significantly consistent in the follow-up stage (F= 5.89, p < 0.01).
Conclusion: Results indicated the effectiveness of couple communication program on enhancing marital adjustment.

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Beyhagh
Volume 23, Issue 3 - Serial Number 45
September 2018
Pages 46-34

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