Introduction: Lack of adequate education about marriage and how to start and interpersonal relationship maintenance can challenge the couple's life. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effect of premarital education based on interpersonal choices and knowledge program on improving relationship maintenance and emotional regulation strategies in single people applicants for marriage in Yasuj city. Method: The design of this study was a quasi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test, and follow-up with a control group. The population of this study included 126 single people referred to Shahid Ashrafi Yasouj Health Center which 88 single people applicants for marriage were selected voluntarily and according to the criteria of include and exclude were assigned randomly to experiment (44 people) and control (44 people) groups. Participants responded to the Relationship Maintenance Strategies Index and Emotional Regulation Scale in three stages (pre-test, post-test, and follow-up). The participants of the experimental group participated in eight ninety-minute sessions in premarital education based on interpersonal choices and knowledge program, and the participants of the control group participated only in one session of premarital education program about the importance of marriage, methods of acquaintance, and approaches of starting a mutual life. Data were analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance (mixed), and SPSS-21 statistical software. Results:The results showed that premarital education based on interpersonal choices and knowledge program improved relationship maintenance strategies, reduced repression, and reevaluation of emotional regulation of pretest to follow-up stages in the participants of the experimental group compared to the control group.Conclusion: According to the findings, it can be concluded that premarital education through selection and interpersonal awareness is an appropriate method to improve relationship maintenance and emotional regulation strategies in marriage applicants in Yasuj city.
Sobhaninia, S., & Rajabi, G. (2023). The Effect of Premarital Education based on Interpersonal Choices and Knowledge Program on Relationship Maintenance Strategies and Emotional Regulation. Family Counseling and Psychotherapy, 13(1), 67-98. doi: 10.22034/fcp.2023.62907
MLA
Sobhaninia Sobhaninia; Gholamreza Rajabi. "The Effect of Premarital Education based on Interpersonal Choices and Knowledge Program on Relationship Maintenance Strategies and Emotional Regulation", Family Counseling and Psychotherapy, 13, 1, 2023, 67-98. doi: 10.22034/fcp.2023.62907
HARVARD
Sobhaninia, S., Rajabi, G. (2023). 'The Effect of Premarital Education based on Interpersonal Choices and Knowledge Program on Relationship Maintenance Strategies and Emotional Regulation', Family Counseling and Psychotherapy, 13(1), pp. 67-98. doi: 10.22034/fcp.2023.62907
VANCOUVER
Sobhaninia, S., Rajabi, G. The Effect of Premarital Education based on Interpersonal Choices and Knowledge Program on Relationship Maintenance Strategies and Emotional Regulation. Family Counseling and Psychotherapy, 2023; 13(1): 67-98. doi: 10.22034/fcp.2023.62907
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