The effectiveness of group counseling based on interaction relationship analysis on marital boredom and couples’ intimacy

Analysis of the interaction offers us an image of human psychological structure that can be used for increasing martial intimacy and decreasing marital boredom. This study aimed to study the effectiveness of group counseling based on an analysis of the interaction relationship between marital intimacy and couples’ intimacy. The statistical population of this clinical trial included all couples living in Kermanshah in 2016. Simple randomized sampling was used as sampling method. 40 people (20 couples) were selected and were randomly placed in two experimental and control groups. All subjects responded to the questions of marital boredom and couples’ intimacy questionnaire and the questions related to the demographic characteristics before and after intervention. Group counseling with interaction relationship analysis was conducted weekly in 10 sessions (60 minutes). The descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation and variance) and covariance analysis were used to analyze the data through SPSS.22mn software. According to univariate covariance analysis, there were significant differences between control and experimental groups in total score of marital boredom (F(1,28)=28.45, P<0.0001), physical fatigue (F(1,28)=34.49, P<0.0001), emotional fed up (F(1,28)=14.10, P<0.0001) and mental fed up (F(1,28)=11.34, P<0.0001). The results showed that the interaction relationship analysis approach could increase the intimacy of married couples and decrease their boredom. The findings of this study can be used for education and health care programs.