The Effect of Sex Education Based on Islamic Teachings on Marital Satisfaction

The present study aims to investigate the effect of sex education based on Islamic teachings on marital satisfaction of couples. It is a quasi-experimental research with pre-test post-test design and the study population are all the couples attending Ma’va Counseling Center in the city of Qom. From among this sample group, 14 couples were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. The educational material was Bonyani et al. (1398) Sex Educational Package and the data collection instrument was Enrich Marital Satisfaction Scale (1998). The data were analyzed by analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) using SPSS 19 software. The findings show that the average marital satisfaction score of the male subjects in the experimental group was 231.28 before the implementation of the sex educational package and increased to 257.14 after the implementation of the educational package, while the average marital satisfaction score of the male subjects in the control group was 234.28 before the implementation of the sex educational package and 233.57 after the implementation of the educational package, which almost had not changed. The average marital satisfaction score of the female subjects in the experimental group was 235.42 before the implementation of the sex educational package and increased to 256.42 after the implementation of the educational package. The average marital satisfaction score of the female subjects in the control group was 238.28 before the implementation of the educational package and 236.28 after the implementation of the educational package, which almost had not changed. The results of this study indicate that sex education based on Islamic teachings has significantly increased men’s marital satisfaction (F= 9.041 and P= 0.004) and women’s marital satisfaction (F= 18.986 and P= 0.001).