The effect of counseling on marital satisfaction

INTERVENTION: For the couples of intervention group, 5 counseling sessions for 2 hrs, conducted with one week intervals. 1‐3 sessions conducted for couples together and 4,5 sessions conducted for men and women separately. Topics of he sessions: First session: communication skills, second session: conflict‐solving skill, third session: problem solving skill, fourth session: sexual skills, fifth session: sexual intimacy Intervention 1: There was no intervention in the control group. Intervention 2: For the couples of intervention group, 5 counseling sessions for 2 hrs, conducted with one week intervals. 1‐3 sessions conducted for couples together and 4,5 sessions conducted for men and women separately. Topics of he sessions: First session: communication skills, second session: conflict‐solving skill, third session: problem solving skill, fourth session: sexual skills, fifth session: sexual intimacy. There was no intervention in the control group. CONDITION: marital satisfaction. PRIMARY OUTCOME: Marital satisfaction. Timepoint: before entervention,One Month after intervention. Method of measurement: ENRICH marital satisfaction questionnaire. INCLUSION CRITERIA: INCLUSION CRITERIA: Living in Urmia; Passed at least one year and up to 5 years of marriage; First marriage of couples; optionally Marriage; availability during the month of intervention; Monogamous Men; Nonpregnant; Minimum education to read and write; No known chronic physical and mental diseases,according to clients expression; no diseases affecting sexual relations(Diabetes, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, respiratory disease, cancers, hypertension); no consumption of effective drugs on sexual performance(hypotensive drugs, cimetidine, digoxin, thiazide diuretics, antihistamines, barbiturates, amphetamines, diazepam, cocaine, progesterone, antidepressants); No history of any genital surgeries(including hysterectomy, breast surgery); No history of infertility; Non‐participating couples in similar counseling sessions outside of research environments. exclusion criteria: become pregnant during the study; the occurrence of adverse events in the lives of couples(de