The Formulation of a Therapy Protocol According to the Mindfulness Based on the Activation of Spiritual-Islamic Schemas in the Students' Marital Satisfaction

The aim of this study was to formulate a therapy protocol according to the mindfulness based on the activation of spiritual-Islamic schemas in the girl students' marital satisfaction. The population was all girl students studying in the Islamic Azad University in the city of Kangavar, in 2016-2017. 28 students who got the lower scores in the marital satisfaction were voluntarily selected and were randomly placed into the test and control groups of 14. The two groups completed the Jadiri's marital satisfaction questionnaire, once before the test, one time immediately after the test, and once a month after the intervention. The data were analyzed with the help of both one-way ANOVA and multi-way ANOVA tests. The findings showed that the researcher-formulated therapy protocol can significantly increase the level of marital satisfaction among students. This increase also happened in the follow-up phase. As a result, the therapy protocol of mindfulness based on the spiritual-Islamic schemas is a proper way to increase the level of marital satisfaction among the couples.