The Effectiveness of Spiritual Therapy Based on Forgiveness and hope for Increasing Marital Satisfaction and Reducing Couple's Conflicts of couples on the Verge of Divorce

Divorce is the most common destructive effect of conflict and reduction of marital dissatisfaction. The conflict of marital satisfaction in the health and functioning of the family is very important. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of spiritual intervention based on the hope of forgiveness, increasing satisfaction, and reducing couples' conflicts at divorce in Mashhad.

This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 30 couples who were exposed to divorce in Mashhad city. The couples were randomly assigned to experimental group and 15 couples to control group. Experimental Intervention The control group did not receive any intervention in 8 sessions of 90 min. Data were collected using 4 questionnaires of Enrich marital satisfaction (47-question form), Pollard et al., Snyder Hope Scale, and marital conflict (42 questions). Data were analyzed using covariance statistical method.

The results showed that the intervention based on hope-forgiving had significant effect on divorce (p = 0.0001), increased satisfaction and decreased marital conflict.

Because hope is a problem-centered process and an emotion-focused process, combining these two factors, which have a dual nature (spiritual, positive psychology), can serve as protective agents and agents for risky behaviors and for enhancing couple relationships. Suggested new preview.