the effect of communication skills training and sexual difference (sexual knowledge) on marital satisfaction

Introduction: this study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching communication skills and sexual difference (sexual knowledge) on marital satisfaction in couples referred to the mashhad city health center, iran. methods: in this quazi-experimental study, with pre test and post-test methods, 25 coups who referred to a mashhad city health center, were randomly selected. enrich marital satisfaction questionnaire was used to measure variables. teaching communication skills and sexual difference as independent variables were held during 2 months in 14 sessions (communication skills in seven 2-hours sessions and sexual differences (sexual knowledge) in six 60-minutie sessions). paired t-test has used for data analysis. results: results showed that there is significant difference between pre-test and post-test scores (p<0.0001). this demonstrated that teaching communication skills in combination with sexual differences were effective on martial satisfaction. conclusion: results of this study indicated that teaching communication skills and sexual differences (sexual knowledge) were effective on martial satisfaction and enhancement of psychological well-being of couples.