Shahid Beheshti University Journal of Family Research 1735-8442 17 3 2021 12 21 Identifying Marital Enrichment Skills based on Culture Identifying Marital Enrichment Skills based on Culture 328 351 101863 10.52547/JFR.17.3.328 FA Ahmad Heydarnia Department of Educational Sciences, counseling and Guidance, Faculty of Humanities, University of Bojnord, Bojnord, Iran Hadi Abbassi Department of Educational Sciences, counseling and Guidance, Faculty of Humanities, University of Bojnord, Bojnord, Iran Saeedeh Safari Department of educational sciences, counseling and Guidance, Faculty of Humanities, University of Bojnord, Bojnord, Iran Journal Article 2021 05 04 Marriage is a unique relationship that enriches the relationship between the couples, and plays an important role on stability and satisfaction. The purpose of this study is to identify marital life enrichment skills based on Q methodology. Semi-structured interview was conducted to create the concourse with 24 ordinary people and 16 family experts in Bojnord, North Khorasan Province. Sample subjects were selected purposefully and the sampling continued until the saturation stage was completed. Thirty four sentences were categorized by experts in order of priority. The factor analysis of the Q group with the varimax rotation showed that there were six factors. The findings showed that, from the viewpoint of family experts, the most important skills for enriching marital life are respectively: self-knowledge and awareness of personality differences, comm.- unication skills, realism, religious and spiritual skills, emotional management, and awareness of the family's evolutionary cycle. The findings of this study can be used to educate couples who are at the beginning of their marital life. Family and marital counselors can also use these findings for premarital education as well as for teaching couples who are in the early years of their life. Marriage is a unique relationship that enriches the relationship between the couples, and plays an important role on stability and satisfaction. The purpose of this study is to identify marital life enrichment skills based on Q methodology. Semi-structured interview was conducted to create the concourse with 24 ordinary people and 16 family experts in Bojnord, North Khorasan Province. Sample subjects were selected purposefully and the sampling continued until the saturation stage was completed. Thirty four sentences were categorized by experts in order of priority. The factor analysis of the Q group with the varimax rotation showed that there were six factors. The findings showed that, from the viewpoint of family experts, the most important skills for enriching marital life are respectively: self-knowledge and awareness of personality differences, comm.- unication skills, realism, religious and spiritual skills, emotional management, and awareness of the family's evolutionary cycle. The findings of this study can be used to educate couples who are at the beginning of their marital life. Family and marital counselors can also use these findings for premarital education as well as for teaching couples who are in the early years of their life. https://jfr.sbu.ac.ir/article_101863_f6f99ea777ed88c4d378176883ea818f.pdf