The Effect of Premarital Life Skills Training on Couples’ Quality of Life
International Journal of Applied Behavioral Sciences,
Vol. 6 No. 4 (2019),
18 Azar 2019
,
Page 8-16
https://doi.org/10.22037/ijabs.v6i6.28329
Abstract
Introduction: Life skills are the skills, knowledge, and behaviors that are learned to fulfill happiness and aim individuals to succeed in life. The impact of life skills training on quality of life in recent years has always been one of the issues under study in psychiatrists worldwide. The present study investigated the effect of life skills training on quality of life among young couples in Tehran, Iran. Method: The study population consisted of all couples who referred to Ahmadi Health Center during the second 6 months of the year 94. The sample consisted of 60 (30 couples) who were selected by convenience sampling and simple random sampling method. The experimental and control groups were replaced. Before running the independent variable (X), the subjects in both groups were measured by pre-test. Then the independent variable (life skills training) was applied to the experimental group and again the quality of life questionnaire was administered to the test and control subjects. The data were analyzed using MANCOVA test by means of SPSS 22 software. Results: The findings showed that the changes after the life skills training in the experimental group were significant and life skills training had an impact on the quality of life of young couples on the verge of marriage; in other words, the quality of life compared to pre-education significantly had. Conclusion: Life skills training found to be an important factor in improving the quality of people's life, so it is necessary for the authorities to provide the context for these trainings so that these changes have a powerful and long lasting impact.
- Quality of Life, Life Skills, Couples, Marriag
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