The Effectiveness of Life Skills Training on Reducing the Components of Marital Burnout among Women Married to Disabled Veterans

This study aimed to investigate the impact of life skills training on marital burnout among women married to disabled war veteran. The research method is experimental with pretest-posttest and control group. The research population included the wives of disabled veterans with 25 to 50 percent disability who lived in Islamabad Gharb, Iran in 2015. The sample consisted of 30 wives of disabled veterans selected through the convenient random sampling method and were assigned into control (n = 15) and experimental (n = 15) groups. They completed the Pines Marita Burnout Scale. The experimental group received nine weekly sessions of life skills training, and the control group received no intervention. Analysis of covariance was utilized to analyze the data. The results of analysis of covariance revealed a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in regard to the components of marital burnout. The rate of marital burnout and those of its components were significantly decreased among the subjects in the experimental group compared to the pre-test stage and control group. Life skills training results in reducing marital burnout and its components among the wives of disabled war veteran.