The effect of couple group training based on communicative therapy approach on increasing Qom women's marital adaptability

Marriage is a social institution that will form the basis of human communication. Marital adaptability and satisfaction are what important in marriage. Marital adaptability is a situation in which most of the time, the couple’s feelings of happiness and satisfaction are met. Marital adaptability is made through mutual love, care for one another, acceptance, understanding each other and satisfying the needs. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of couple group training using communicative therapy on Qom women to increase adaptability. This study is semi-empirical and used pretest-posttest with control group. Population was consisted of all self-introduced women to Family Counseling Center of Qom in 2012-2013. Sampling method is voluntary and 60 women randomly placed into control and examine groups. To gather data, demographic questionnaire and marital adaptability measurement was used. To analyze data, SPSS software using descriptive and inferential statistical methods (ANCOVA) was used. Study results in ANCOVA analysis indicated that communicative therapy approach affected meaningfully marital satisfaction (P<0.05, F=3.01), pair correlation (P<0.05, F=13.26), pair agreement (P<0.05, F=2.62), kindliness expression (P<0.05, F=5.88) but did not have any effect on marital adjustment (P>0.05, F=2.04). Given the importance of communication between partners, this approach can be improved and enhanced by removing barriers to marital adjustment.