The Effectiveness of A Counseling Program based on Satire's Model in Improving the Communication Patterns among Newly Married Female Teachers

Authors

Feda Mufleh Awdeh AlzedaneenFollow

Abstract

This study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of Satir's model in improving marital communication among a sample of wives in Jordan. The study sample consisted of 30 teacher wives at Al-Zarqa. An adapted version of the marital communication scale, derived from RELATE, was used. The participants were randomly assigned into two equal groups: Experimental group and control group. The experimental group received a counseling program based on Virginia Satir's model, while the control group didn't receive any treatment. Results showed that the mean scores of the experimental group were significantly higher in both post-test and follow up test on the positive communication subscales (clear sending, empathic communication, love), and significantly lower on the negative communication subscales (criticism, stonewalling, flooding in conflict management), compared with the control group.

Recommended Citation

Alzedaneen, Feda Mufleh Awdeh (2021) "The Effectiveness of A Counseling Program based on Satire's Model in Improving the Communication Patterns among Newly Married Female Teachers," Journal of the Association of Arab Universities for Research in Higher Education (مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية (للبحوث في التعليم العالي: Vol. 41: Iss. 3, Article 8.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.aaru.edu.jo/jaaru_rhe/vol41/iss3/8