Low to moderate marital satisfaction.
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: Problem solving skill training in the intervention group was provided in six 80-minu
definition of life skills and PSS and the necessity for their training
emotion- and problems-focused coping
emotions and the importance of their management
the phases of PSS
The first step of problem solving (orientation to a problem). The second session: ways to improve orientation to the problem.
Sponsors
Gorgan University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Had a childbirth at 37th–42nd weeks of their pregnancy at least two months before the study. Had a low-to moderate marital satisfaction based on the results of the ENRICH questionnaire. Did not divorce. Possessed basic literacy skills. Only wife of her husband Had a married life of 1–10 years. Did not have a baby with major congenital anomalies. Had a planned pregnancy. Neither experienced any serious stressful life event during the past three months prior to the study nor suffered from post-natal depression and psychosis. Lack of serious mental and physical illness (cancer) and advanced chronic diseases. Had no addiction to opioids, psychoactive agents, and alcohol among the mothers or their husbands.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Failure to respond to more than 5% of the items of the study questionnaire. Voluntary withdrawal from the study. Two or more absences from training sessions. Development of serious health conditions or undergoing any type of surgery during the study. Participation in any personal or group psychotherapy programs during the study. A second pregnancy during the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Comparison marital satisfaction and its dimensions before and after problem solving skill training in experimental and comparison groups. Timepoint: before the intervention, immediately after the intervention and one month afterwards. Method of measurement: ENRICH questionnaire. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactFatemeh Abedi
Gorgan University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed