The Effictiveness of Emotional-Focused Marital Enrichment Programs on Marital Virtues Enhancement in Couples

Nowadays, marital enrichment programs have been applied extensively as a preventive intervention to enhance the relationship between couples. However; studies indicate that marital virtue is an effective factor in the relationship between couples and has a lot in common with other marital outcomes, they have been neglected in marital enrichment programs and studies. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of Emotional- focused Marital Enrichment Program on marital virtues enhancement in couples. Based on the single-case research method, three couples were selected from the couples of Izeh city by available sampling method. To collect research data, the Marital Virtues Profile was used. Here, single-case experimental of simultaneous multiple baselines was applied and subjects answered to the Marital Virtue Profile before (2 sessions), during (3 sessions), and during two follow-up sessions in 30 and 40 days. Data were analyzed via visual, improvement percentage, and Reliable Change Index. The results suggest that the emotion-focused enrichment on Improvement of marital virtues Admiration for male participants 1, female 1 and 2, understanding for all three male participants and female participants 2 and 3, sacrifice for all three male participants and for female 1 and 2, justice for all three female participants and forgiveness for male participants 1 and 3 and all three female participants was successful. As a result, it seems that the emotion-oriented marriage enrichment program is effective on improving the marital virtues of couples.