Comparison of the Effectiveness of Marital Life Enrichment Training based on Choice Theory and Gottman Theory on Forgiveness in Women's Marital Life

The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of marital life enrichment training based on two approaches of choice theory and Guttman on forgiveness in women in marital life. The study population consisted of married women with marital problems who were referred to Tasnim Counseling Center in Shoush in 2019, from which 60 people were selected by available sampling method and randomly assigned to three equal groups. The first group received 9 sessions of marital enrichment based on choice theory and the second group 8 sessions of marital enrichment based on Gottman theory. the control group completed the forgiveness questionnaire in both pre-test and post-test stages and did not conduct any training. Subjects completed the Ray’s forgiveness questionnaire in the pre-test and post-test stages. For data analysis, repeated measures analysis of variance and Bonferroni post hoc test were used. The findings showed that marital enrichment based on choice theory is more effective. Also, the results of Bonferroni post hoc test showed that the effectiveness of marital enrichment training of both methods is effective on forgiveness and the choice theory has a higher durability