Social Problem Solving on the Adaptability and Marital Satisfaction in Couples Incompatible

Family is the basis of the great human community and has a fundamental role in the strength of social relations and growth of every member of the community. Levi considers the family as a social unit on which marriage is formed. One of the most critical factors that affects the survival and growth of the family is healthy relationships based on couples' consistency and understanding. Marital adjustment is one of the most critical factors affecting the family and family life is formed by the interactions of everyday life of a husband and wife. Of course, what is essential in marriage is marital satisfaction; therefore, the study of factors affecting marital satisfaction is significant. The purpose of this research is a comparison of the effectiveness of social problem-solving skills training method for increasing the level of adaptability and marital satisfaction in incompatible couples. This research was a semi-experimental study using a pretest-posttest design with a control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of 12 couples referring to counseling centers in Ardebil under the supervision of the psychological system during the years 2017-2018 for solving marital conflicts and problems. Qualified couples randomly assigned to two social test problem-solving groups (6 couples) and a control group (6 couples). The first group received social problem solving, and the second group did not receive any training. Two questionnaires were used to collect data. Compliance and Family Connectivity Scales that the of the present scales were reported 0.74 reliability for the dimension of integration by Cronbach's Alpha and 0.75 reliability for the compliance dimension by Mazaheri and other colleagues. And Enrique's Marriage Consultation Standard Questionnaire that the internal correlation of this test has been reported 0.93 for the long form, and 0.95 for the short way by Soleimanian and also Ellson et al. have reported that Cronbach's alpha coefficient for this questionnaire was 0.92 and its reliability based on the internal consistency method, Cronbach's alpha is 0.85. The statistical method used in this study was the descriptive and inferential and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) used to analyze the hypotheses, and also data were analyzed using SPSS software. According to the results of the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test (K-S), the significance level for research variables is larger than the error value of 0.05. (Adaptability (0.086) and marital satisfaction (0.201)). So these variables have a normal distribution. The results of multivariate analysis of variance analysis in maladaptive couples showed that the amount of Lambda-Wikis is 0.043, which is significant (p<0.001) - according to the results of multivariate analysis of variance, adaptability and about the value of F=7.3, also considering that the significance level of the test error for the confidence level 0.99 is less than 0.001. Therefore, it can be said that the teaching of the social problem-solving method increases the adaptability of incompatible couples. According to the results of multivariate analysis of variance analysis, marital satisfaction, and about F=26.67 and also considering that the significance level of the test error for the confidence level 0.99 is less than 0.001. So, it can be said that teaching social problem-solving method increases marital satisfaction in maladaptive couples. Finally, the results showed that there is a significant difference between the two groups of social problem-solving intervention and the control group in the difference between the pre-test and post-test scores of adaptability and marital satisfaction (p<0.001). So the results indicated that social problem solving as a cognitive strategy could be effective in the emergence of couples' emotional responses thus, teaching social problem-solving skills could have a positive effect on the degree of adaptation and marital satisfaction of maladaptive couples. The results clearly showed that social problem-solving skills training caused couples to become more intimate, and this educational intervention program has been effective in improving marital intimacy. In the final explanation of the results, it can be concluded that the social problem-solving skill method has a significant effect on increasing the level of adaptability and marital satisfaction in maladaptive couples.