The Effect Of Communication Skills Training On Intimacy And Mental Health Among Participant Couples In The Premarital Counseling

The aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of communication skills training on intimacy and mental health of the participant couples attended in premarital counseling sessions in Ahvaz city. The sample consisted of 40 subjects from the mentioned population who were selected via simple random sampling. The study was an experimental one with pretest-posttest and control group. To collect data Walker & Thompson Intimacy Scale (1983) and Goldberg and Hiller General Health Questionnaire (1979) were implemented .The Experimental group was exposed to 8 communication skills training sessions of 60 minutes each. The control group received no intervention. For data analysis the analysis of multivariate covariance (MANCOVA) and one way analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was applied as main statistical procedure. The results showed that communication skills training was effective in increasing intimacy and mental health of participant couples in the experimental group.