Development of a package of married life values and the effectiveness of its education on marital disputes and psychological well-being of women with marital dissatisfaction

The aim of this study was to develop a package of married life values and its effectiveness on marital Disputes and psychological well-being of women with marital dissatisfaction. The research was conducted by combined method (qualitative-quantitative). After reviewing the written scientific sources, a semi-structured interview with 10 psychologists, an educational package was developed. The content validity of the package based on Lawshe index is 0.94. quantitative part of women with marital dissatisfaction in Mashhad, 30 people were selected using purposive methods and randomly divided into two groups (experimental and control groups). The research instruments included the Sanaei Marital Conflict Questionnaire (2000) and the Ryff  Psychological Well being Questionnaire (1989). Based on the components extracted from scientific texts and interviews with psychologists, the developed package includes teaching the values of couples and individuals, prioritizing life values, expressing conflict of values and living in line with values, which was taught during 8 one-hour sessions. Data analysis was performed using SPSS software using analysis of covariance The results showed that educating the values of life has reduced couples' Disputesand all its dimensions except financial separation from each other and increased psychological well-being and all its dimensions in women with marital dissatisfaction (p≤0.05). As a result, psychologists and counselors can use this training package to enrich life of married women.