The Effect of Multidisciplinary Consulting Approach on Marital Satisfaction of Couples Applying for Divorce in the Family Court of Borujerd

Aim: The main objective of this study was to examine the effect of multidisciplinary consulting approach on the marital satisfaction of couples applying for divorce in the Family Court of Borujerd, Iran.
In this quasi-experimental study, using a pretest-posttest approach, the participants in group 1 were followed up for one month, three months, and six months post-intervention. The target population included couples applying for divorce in the Family Court of Borujerd. The sample included 130 couples, who were divided into two groups (group 1 with 65 couples who participated in multidisciplinary consulting program, and a group 2 with 65 couples who participated in common consulting program) through block size randomization. The data were collected using ENRICH Scale and analyzed using the SPSS21 software.
Findings: The results revealed the positive effect of multidisciplinary consulting approach on the marital satisfaction of couples (P When couples apply for divorce, interventions are considered critical, and the sample loss and low efficacy of this program prove this special situation. Given that some families enter this critical stage because they do not know about or do not have access to consultation and problem-solving skills to satisfy their marital life, effective and constrained intervention through establishing and developing such centers seems necessary.