A Survey on the effect of group couple training based on cognitive-behavioral approach on increasing Marital Adjustment

Marital Adjustment and satisfaction are one of the broadest concepts for determining and indicating the degree of happiness and stability in couple's relationship. Marital Adjustment affects on many aspects of individual and social life of people. Cognitive-behavioral treatments with couples in order to increase and enhance positive communications, training communication skills, problem solving, and conflict and changing the patterns of the thought are causing destructive. The aim of this research was to survey and compare the effect of couples group training based on cognitive-behavioral approach on marital Adjustment of Qom couples. Methods and Materials: This study is semi-empirical and used pretest-posttest with control group. The statistical sample was consisted of all self-introduced couples to Family Counseling Center of Qom in 2012-2013. Sampling method is voluntary and 60 couples randomly placed into control and experimental groups. For gathering data, demographic questionnaire and marital Adjustment measurement were used. For analyzing data, SPSS-17 software and descriptive and inferential statistical methods (ANCOVA) were used. The study results in ANCOVA analysis indicated that cognitive-behavioral approach meaningfully affected marital Adjustment dimensions (P<0/05, F= 6/48), marital satisfaction (P<0/05, F=2/98), pair correlation (P<0/05, F=3/13), pair agreement (P<0/05, F=2/96) and expressing affection (P<0/05, F=3/96). According to structural components of cognitive-behavioral approach, it can be said that this approach with enhancing communication skills and solving conflict among couples, cause to decrease dissatisfaction and increase adaptability.