The Effectiveness of life Skills Training on Increasi ng Marital Satisfacti on

The purpose of this study was the investigation of effectiveness of life skills training on increasingthe marital satisfaction of couples referred to intervention and family counseling center in Isfahan. The method of the research was experimental one with a pretest-posttest design and a control group. For this purpose, among the couples who were referred to family court- in spring and summer (2008) in Isfahan, 40 couples were randomly selected and randomly assigned to experimental and control Groups according to the research entry criteria.Life skills training programs performed on experimental group during 8 sessions, Each session was about 2 hours. But the control group didn`t receive any interventions. For gathering data Enrich marital satisfaction inventory was used. After analyzing the data with statistical analysis of covariance, the results showed significant differences between performance of two groups(experimental and control) in these subscales: marital satisfaction (P<0/01), personal issues (P<0/05), communication (P<0/05), Conflict Resolution (P<0/05), financial management (P<0/05), leisure time (P<0/05), Sexual Expectations (P< 0/05), Family and Friends (P<0/05). The results showed that life skills training is effective in couples who referred to intervention and family counseling center.