Premarital Education Program Based on Premarital Interpersonal Choices and Knowledge Program on Idealistic Marital Expectation in Single Students

Abstract

Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of premarital education based on interpersonal choice and knowledge program in reducing idealistic marital expectation. Methods: This research was a experimental design with pretest-posttest and follow-up with the control group. From this population, 38 volunteer single students of universities of Ahvaz city were selected on the basis of 1 standard deviation higher of the mean of idealistic marital expectation subscale and were assigned randomly to experiment group (n = 19) and control group (n = 19). The experiment group was given a premarital interpersonal choice and knowledge program of 9 sessions, twice a week for 90 minutes. Results: The results of analysis of variance repeated measures showed that the premarital interpersonal choice and knowledge program training has led to a reduction in idealistic marital expectation in the experimental group than in the control group at posttest and follow-up. Conclusion: Our results showed that the premarital interpersonal choice and knowledge program is a suitable method for reducing the idealistic marital expectation singles. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)