بررسی تاثیر آموزش معنا- محور بر صمیمیت زناشویی زنان

Background: intimacy in marital relations has been conceptualized as a very important behavioral pattern that is made based on acceptance, satisfaction and love and this love is a way toward meaning full life.objective: the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of meaning-centered training on marital intimacy of women.methods: this quasi experimental research was conducted on 24 women that referred to one of the healthy home of region 7 in tehran and voluntarily participated in this research. the women were randomly divided into intervention and control groups. measurement tool consisted of marital intimacy scale that was completed as pre-test and post-test. the intervention group participated in 10 sessions of meaning-centered training. data were analyzed by covariance analysis.findings: after adjusting for pre-test scores, there were significant differences between subjects of two groups (f(1, 21) =36.922, p < 0.05, partial n2 =0.637). the adjusted mean scores showed that after implementing the independent variable, marital intimacy in the intervention group was increased compared to the control group. conclusion: with regard to results, having shared meaning in life can be used as a way to increase intimate relations between spouses.