he Effectiveness of Couple Enrichment Training Based on EnrichModel and Conflict Resolution Styles Training on Optimism and Attitudes among Couples with Infidelity

Paying attention to married life and increasing the components related to married life has been growing because a healthy society cannot be imagined without a healthy family. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Enrichment training for couples based on the Enrichmodel on optimism, and attitudes toward infidelity amongcouples with infidelity.

The present study was quasi-experimental with pretest, posttest design, and a control group. Participants included 30 couples referred by the judiciary to pre-divorce counseling centers in Sabzevar during 2018-2019, who were selected via purposeful sampling method. The experimental group received couple Enrichment based on the Enrichmodel for six sessions of 90 minutes per week. Before and after the intervention, the Betrayal Attitude Questionnaire and Optimism Questionnaire were administered in both groups. Data were analyzed by analysis of covariance using SPSS software version 22.

The mean (SD) score of attitudes toward marital infidelity in the couples' relationship Enrichment training group in the pretest was 22.7 (4.3), which decreased to 14.2 (2.8) in the posttest (P<0.001). The mean (SD) score of attitudes to marital infidelity in the conflict resolution styles group in the pretest was 22.2 (6.3), which decreased to 17.1 (4.2) in the posttest (P<0.001). In the control group, the scores of pretest and posttest were not different. Also, the mean (SD) of optimism in the couples' relationship Enrichment training group in the pretest was 7.3 (2.2), which increased to 15.4 (3.8) in the posttest (P<0.001). The mean (SD) of optimism in the conflict resolution styles group in the pretest 7.9 (1.6), which increased to 12.8 (1.9) in the posttest (P<0.001). In the control group, the scores of pretest and posttest were not different.

The study showed that couple Enrichment training based on the Enrichmodel and teaching conflict resolution styles increased optimism and decreased the negligent attitude to infidelity in couples. Couple relationship Enrichment training based on Enrichmodel of couples had more effect on reducing marital infidelity and increasing optimism than conflict resolution style training.