Journal of Families and Better Life (가정과삶의질연구)

Korean Home Management Association (가정과삶의질학회)
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The Evaluation of an Education Program for the Marital Relationship Enhancement of a Newlywed Couple : With a Focus on an Education Program for Newlywed Couples at a Healthy Family Support Center

신혼기 부부관계 향상을 위한 교육 프로그램 효과성 검증 : 건강가정지원센터 신혼기 부부교육 프로그램을 중심으로

  • Received : 2012.11.15
  • Accepted : 2013.01.24
  • Published : 2013.02.28
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Abstract

The goal of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a program which can improve the marital satisfaction of newlywed couples. The program was practiced once a week for 4 weeks at K healthy family center and each session lasted for 100 minutes. The participants of the program were 5 newlywed couples who desired to increase their relationship and marital satisfaction. In order to investigate the effectiveness of the program, we used the Wilcoxen signed rank test. The results of the analyses, showed that there were significant differences of increases in the areas of the newlywed couples' marital satisfaction, communication efficiency, conflict coping strategies, and self-esteem. In conclusion, the effectiveness and utilization of the program were confirmed. Also, it was verified that the program can be an important tool for strengthening healthy family functioning through a study on newlywed couples in the field of community-based family work practice.

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