Abstract
Background & aim: Marital conflicts are a lack of continuous and significant agreement between two spouses that provide unpleasant consequences for couples and families and create background for family breakdown. The Purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of marital conflict problem solving methods in Yasuj. Iran.
Methods: In the present study, from all couples who had marital conflict referred to family counseling in Yasuj, Iran.
40 subjects (20 couples) were selected and randomly divided into two experimental and control groups. Measuring tools for marital conflict was questionnaire. A multivariate analysis of covariance (MANOVA) was used to analyze the significance of difference between the experimental and control groups.
Results: The mean scores of marital conflict test group was (4/104), below the mean of control group (14/119). Whereas in other sub-scales (cooperation, sexuality, emotional response, protection of children, relationship with relatives, relationship with wife’s relatives and finance) the mean scores of experimental group was lower than controls (p <0.01).
Conclusion: The method of the problem solving reduced the marital conflict of couples. In the method of solving problem with understanding and investigation of differences, the method of encounter and marital conflicts are considered. At the end, the most practical and efficient solution will be chosen and carried out.
Keywords: Active Method, Problem Solving, Marital Conflict