A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Communication Skills Training for Marital Conflicts and Quality of Life in Female Students of Islamic AzadUniversity, Science and Research Branch

摘要

The purpose of the present research was to determine the effectiveness of communication skills training on marital conflicts and quality of life in married female students of the Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran. The subjects of the research were married female students who responded to the researcher’s call for learning communication skills. The sample consisted of 32 married female students who were selected from the population of interest using random sampling method and were divided into an experimental group and a control group. The materials used in the research were: Marital Conflict Scale and World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale Brief Version (WHOQOL-BREF).The research has a pretest-posttest design with a control group. First, the pretest was administered for the two groups; then the experimental intervention (Teaching Communication Skills) was provided for the experimental group and at the cessation of the teaching program, the posttest was administered for both groups. Results were analyzed using analysis of covariance at 0.01 significance level indicating that teaching communication skills reduces marital conflicts and has a positive effect on the quality of life. It was concluded that