Journal of Family Research

Journal of Family Research

Comparison of the Effectiveness of Marital Life Enrichment Training based on Choice Theory and Gottman Theory on Forgiveness in Women's Marital Life

Document Type : علمی - پژوهشی

Authors
masoud shahbazi 1
mohammad mansori 2
seyedeh Zahra alavi 3
1 Department of Counseling, Masjed Soleiman, Branch,Islmaic Azad University, Masjed Soleiman, Iran
2 Department of Counseling, Ahvaz Branch,Islmaic Azad University,Ahvaz, Iran
3 Department of Psychology, Sosangerd Branch,Islmaic Azad University,Sosangerd, Iran
10.52547/JFR.18.1.39
Abstract
The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of marital life enrichment training based on two approaches of choice theory and Guttman on forgiveness in women in marital life. The study population consisted of married women with marital problems who were referred to Tasnim Counseling Center in Shoush in 2019, from which 60 people were selected by available sampling method and randomly assigned to three equal groups. The first group received 9 sessions of marital enrichment based on choice theory and the second group 8 sessions of marital enrichment based on Gottman theory. the control group completed the forgiveness questionnaire in both pre-test and post-test stages and did not conduct any training.
Subjects completed the Ray’s forgiveness questionnaire in the pre-test and post-test stages. For data analysis, repeated measures analysis of variance and Bonferroni post hoc test were used. The findings showed that marital enrichment based on choice theory is more effective.
Also, the results of Bonferroni post hoc test showed that the effectiveness of marital enrichment training of both methods is effective on forgiveness and the choice theory has a higher durability
Keywords
Choice Theory
Gottman Theory
Forgiveness in Marital Life