The Effectiveness of Marriage Enrichment Training of Time Plan in Improving Marital Burnout

Abstract

Aim: The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of Marriage enrichment training of Time plan in improving marital burnout. Method: The present study was quasi-experimental with experimental and control groups and a pre-test post-test design. The statistical population consisted of couples seeking counseling from Mehravar Counseling Center in Tehran in 2018. Among them, we randomly selected couples, who obtained higher scores on the Pines Marital Burnout Scale (2003), consisting of a sample of 20 couples in experimental (10 couples) and control (10 couples) groups. Couples in the experimental group received 8-session interventions as a group and couples in the control group were placed on a waiting list. Both groups responded to the marital burnout scale before and after the experiment. We used analysis of covariance to analyze the data. Results: The results indicated that marriage enrichment training (Time plan) significantly decreased the rate of marital burnout (F=17.40, p= 0.001). Conclusion: Based on the findings, marriage enrichment training (Time plan) decreased the rate of marital burnout in couples