The Plan and Formulation of the Program of Communicational Skills and Emotional Relationships on the Basis of Religious Values for Increasing the Satisfaction of Couples

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The present research was conducted with the aim of planning and formulating the program of communicational skills and emotional relationships based on religious teachings in order to increase marital satisfaction by the means of qualitative method (content analysis). For planning and formulating the educational program, this research took advantage of the external and internal books and essays, Koranic verses, Imams' Hadiths, and communicational skills based on religious teachings. These skills include the respect for each other's rights, couples' sincerity, peace among couples, honesty, doing the moral virtues and avoiding the moral vices by couples, remembrance of God, gratitude, soft-spoken, avoiding the mistrust, and so on. After analyzing the resources, the educational program of communicational skills and emotional relationships based on religious teachings, which has an appropriate content and construct validity, was formulated during eight 2 hour sessions. In these sessions, the following issues were considered: the awareness of marriage goals, verbal communication, non-verbal states and relations, emotional relationships, sexual relations, decision-making, problem-solving, religious beliefs, moral values, family management, and parenting methods. It is suggested that the program is used for preventive education before the marriage, couples education for preventing them from conflicts and increasing marital satisfaction, and problem-solving of matrimony.

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