The Study of the Effectiveness of Enrichment Program Training (EPT) on Increasing of Marital Satisfaction and Marital Intimacy

The main purpose of this research was to study the effectiveness of enrichment program training on increasing marital satisfaction and marital intimacy. Research method was quasi- experimental with pre, post and follow-up tests and control group. The statistical population was parents of elementary female students. The sample comprised 30 couples who were randomly selected and randomly assigned to two groups (15 couples to the experimental group and 15 couples to the control group). The experimental group participated in 2-hr sessions for 6 weeks. The data were obtained using Marital Satisfaction Test, and Marital Intimacy Inventory (MII). Results showed that enrichment program training (EPT) was effective on marital satisfaction and its subscales (sexual relationship, conflict resolution skills, community with original family, religious values, and social recreational activities) in both post and follow-up tests (P 0.05). Enrichment program training was not significantly effective in household management (P 0.05). The results of this research indicate that enrichment program training could increase total marital intimacy score and some of its subscales like emotional, intellectual, psychological, communication and social recreational activities. But it could not increase sexual, religious and physical marital intimacy. It can be concluded that enrichment program training can be applied as an effective education to increase the marital satisfaction and intimacy.