The Effect of Marriage Counseling Program on Improving Marital Satisfaction Among a Sample of Wives Frequently Visiting the Counseling Clinics In Zarqa Governorate, Jordan

Abstract

The present study aimed at identifying the level of marital satisfaction in a sample of married women who visited the family education and counseling center in Zarqa Governorate. The study also aimed to reveal the impact of a counseling program based on the Guttman model in improving marital satisfaction. The study sample consisted of 24 women, randomly divided into two groups: 12 in the experimental group and 12 in the control group. The marital satisfaction scale was developed, and a marriage counseling program was used. The results of the study indicated that there was a significant difference in the arithmetic mean of the marital satisfaction scale. The results also indicated a statistical significance between the arithmetic mean in both groups (experimental and control) on the scale of marital satisfaction, where the difference came in favour of the experimental group that received the program. Based on the results achieved, the study came out with a set of recommendations, the most important of which are: To conduct further studies to examine the effectiveness of the counseling programs based on the Gottman model in marital and family counseling, because there are lack studies about this model, and to examine its effect on other variables.