Marital relationship quality, Marital communication skills, Sexual quality of life.
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: the counseling sessions will be conducted as individual, both in-person and virtual consultations over six consecutive weeks. Sessions one, three, and five will be
Sponsors
Babol University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Low quality of marital relationship Having at least basic literacy (reading, writing, comprehension, and answering questions) Married Iranian nationality Informed written consent Having sexual relations with spouse
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Experience of adverse life events within the past three months Being in a polygamous marriage Use of psychiatric medications Self-reported acute psychological or physical disorders Participation in other marital relationship skills training programs
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Couple relationship quality score in the Chonody questionnaire. Timepoint: Measurement of couple relationship quality at baseline, immediately after the intervention, and three months post-intervention. Method of measurement: Relationship Quality (RQ): This questionnaire was developed by Chonody et al. (2016) to assess the quality of marital relationships. In Iran, it was validated by Taghizadeh Firoojayi et al. (2017) for the same purpose. The questionnaire consists of 9 items and uses a 5-point Likert scale ranging from "Strongly disagree" (score 1) to "Strongly agree" (score 5) to measure the quality of the marital relationship. The total score of the questionnaire ranges from 5 to 45. A higher score indicates a higher quality of the marital relationship, and vice versa. Item number 3 is reverse-scored. The reliability of the Marital Relationship Quality Questionnaire, as measured by Cronbach’s alpha, was reported to be above 0.70. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Sexual quality of life in women. Timepoint: Post-intervention and three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Sexual Quality of Life- Female (SQOL-F) : This questionnaire was developed by Symonds and colleagues (2005) to assess the sexual quality of life. In Iran, it was validated by Roshan Chesli and colleagues (2018). The questionnaire consists of 18 items and uses a six- point Likert scale (ranging from “strongly disagree” (score 1) to “strongly agree” (score 6)) to measure women’s sexual quality of life. The total score ranges from 18 to 108. A higher score indicates a higher level of sexual quality of life in women, and vice versa. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient calculated in the study by Roshan Chesli et al. (2018) was estimated to be above 0.7.;Marital communication skills. Timepoint: Post-intervention and three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Marital Communication Skills Questionnaire: This questionnaire consists of 36 items and was developed by Moradi (2000). The Marital Communication Skills Questionnaire focuses on listening and speaking skills (including avoiding assumptions and prejudgments, patience, respecting the spouse’s opinions, non-defensive reactions, paraphrasing what is heard, awareness of multiple meanings of words, sensitivity and attention to emotions, self-listening or understanding one's own emotions in relation to others, expressing desires while reflecting one’s perspective and feelings with an emphasis on self-description rather than criticizing or blaming others, self-disclosure, speaking clearly and unambiguously, and neutralizing anger and criticism). Initially designed with 47 items, it was finalized into 36 questions after revision. The reliability of the questionnaire, assessed using the test-retest method, was 0.87.This questionnaire is scored based on a five-point Likert scale (Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Most of the time, Always). The total score ranges from 36 to 180, with higher scores in | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactHajar Pasha
Babol University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed