Effectiveness of Adlerian-based Educational Program on Decision Making Problems of Spouse Selection and Attitude Toward Marriage and Divorce among Children of Divorced Parents

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Authors

1 Ph.D. student, Department Psychology, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University ,Sari, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of psychology, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran

3 Professor, Department of psychology, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University , Sari, Iran

Abstract

Background: One of the most important complications of parental divorce for children is uncertainty about marriage and its outcomes and, in the next step, doubts about decision-making about choosing a suitable spouse. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of the Adlerian-based educational program on the problems of choosing a spouse and attitude toward marriage and divorce among children of divorced parents.
 
Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted based on a pretest-posttest control group design and follow-up. The statistical population of this study consisted of all divorced youths  referring to a counseling center in Tehran, Iran, 60 of whom were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly divided into two groups of 30 experimental and control. Premarital education was conducted based on the communication training program for the experimental group. Before the intervention and the final session, pre-test and post-test were taken, and follow-up was performed 45 days after the post-test. The tools used to collect the data included Shiloh and Shenhav-Sheffer in 2004 (2004), Marriage Attitude Scale (1998), and Attitude Toward Divorce (1986). The gathered data were analyzed in SPSS software (version 22) using one-way covariance analysis.
 
Results: The results showed that the Adlerian-based educational program was effective in choosing a spouse (P<0.01), attitude toward marriage (P<0.01), and attitude toward divorce (P<0.01) among youths  of divorced parents.
 
Conclusion: It can be concluded that the Adlerian-based educational program was effective in increasing attitude toward marriage and decreasing decision problems and attitude toward divorce among youths  of divorced parents.
 

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Razavi International Journal of Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 4
October 2021
Pages 38-45

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