Designing a curriculum model for strengthening the family foundation and identifying its neglected factors in pre-marriage education

The purpose of this research is to design a curriculum model for strengthening the familyfoundation and to identify its neglected components in premaritaleducation.

This applied research of mixed type has used three approaches ofdocument analysis, content analysis and quantitative with descriptive-analytical method.In order to identify the components of strengthening the family foundation,21Persian articles were analyzed and in orderto design the curriculum model, semi-structured interviews were conducted with17subject experts, which was a purposive sampling. The sample selection criteria of data saturation and validity and authenticity of data were confirmed by6subject experts.In the quantitative part, the simple random sampling method was used to sample108premarital counselors in Fars province, and the selection criteria was the Morgantable.The measurement tool is a researcher-made questionnaire with43questions, whose content validity was confirmed and its reliability was evaluated with Cronbach's alpha(0.95).

After analyzing the documents,24central codes,70selective codes and380open codes were extracted. Using the results obtained from the qualitative part of the research,a curriculum model for strengthening the family foundation in pre-marital education was designed.In the quantitative section, the components related to values and beliefs, divine commands and educational methods have an average of less than3.5.

Conclusion showed that this model has improved the quality of life and attitude it will create a positive attitude towards marriage in the society.inaddition,it will reduce many social problems such as divorce.crime,addiction and cultural contradiction.ofcourse,one should not ignore the nrglected components in premarital education.because they aer very effective in strengthening the family institution and neglecting them will have adverse effects on the society.