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The Effectiveness of Reality -Based Pre-marital Instruction on Marriage Tendency, Mind Image of Ideal Spouse, Pre-marriage Worries in Single Boys
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Habib Jokar *   , Zahra Ghanbari Zarandi |
| Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Isfahan, Iran , hjokar2010@gmail.com |
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Introduction: A successful marriage is a dynamic growing relationship in which both partners
Continue to grow to achieve personal satisfaction. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of reality-based premarital education on the marriage tendency, mind image of the ideal spouse, and pre-marriage worries among single boys in Bushehr.
Methods: The present study's design was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of this study included male students of Bushehr city in 2019. The research sample consisted of 30 people selected by the available sampling method and randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. Participants answered the questionnaires of Yousefi and Alijani’s Marriage Motivation Scale (2019), Yousefi’s Dream Spouse Scale (2012), and Premarital Fears questionnaires of Samiei, Yousefi and Neshatdoost (2013). Data were analyzed using multivariate covariance analysis with SPSS-22 software.
Results: The results showed that reality-based premarital education on increasing the marriage tendency (p=0.001 and F=17.98), reduced the mind image of the ideal spouse (p=0.006 and F=9.28), and reduced the dimensions of premarital fears (fear of spouse (p=0.001 and F=43.52), fear of financial management inability (p=0.001 and F=13.51), fear of spouse’s imposed limitations (p=0.002 and F=12.07), fear of self (p=0.006 and F=3.99), fear of infidelity (p=0.005 and F=6.53), other than financial fear (p=0.15 and F=2.19)) single boys had a significant effect (p <0.05).
Conclusions: The research results suggest that reality-based premarital education can be an important and key intervention in premarital counseling. The results can also be used by specialists and family and marriage counselors.
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| Keywords: Marriage Tendency, Mind Image of Ideal Spouse, Pre-marriage Worries |
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Received: 2024/08/30 | Accepted: 2024/11/30 | Published: 2024/11/30 | ePublished: 2024/11/30
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