Effectiveness of Counseling Program in Improving Marital Communication Skills in Saudi Family

Abstract

The research aimed to explore the effectiveness of the counseling program in improving marital communication skills in Saudi families. The sample consisted of )40( Saudi women and was divided into two groups: an experimental group and a control group. The Marital communication scale was administered to both groups before applying the counseling to the experimental group )as a pre-test(. After that, the counseling program was applied to the experimental group. Next, the marital communication skills scale was administered to both groups )as a post-test(. Finally, the marital communication skills scale was administered to the experimental group )as an iterative application). Results suggest that: 1- There is a significant difference between the two groups in the post-test in all dimensions and the total score of the marital communication skills scale in favor of the experimental group in all cases. 2- There is a significant difference between the pre- and the post-test of the experimental group in all dimensions and the total score of the marital communication skills scale in favor of the post-test in all cases. 3- There is no significant difference between the post-test and the iterative application of the experimental group in all dimensions and the total score of the marital communication skills scale. The above results were discussed in light of the previous studies and counseling program. Recommendations and future researches were suggested.