effectiveness of couples’ sexual training on marital quality, sexual attitude, and knowledge of women in unconsummated marriage

Context: sex training is effective in enhancing marital quality and sexual knowledge, which leads sexualattitudes in the right direction.aims: the purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of sexual training on marital quality,sexual attitudes and knowledge women in unconsummated marriages.setting and design: this study was a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental research with control group inarezou-aliabadian’s midwifery counseling center- babol in 2018.materials and methods: samples were divided into two intervention (n=25) and control (n=25) groups bysimple randomly. the control group received no training. research instruments included: grimes maritalquality questionnaire, sex attitude and knowledge questionnaire and sexual skills training protocol withcognitive-behavioral method; in ten sessions of 1.5 hours.statistical analysis used: data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test and chi-square tests pairedt-test and covariance analysis.results: no significant difference was found within the two groups before and after the intervention inmarital quality.mean scores of couples' attitude and knowledge toward sex in the intervention groupimproved from 17.44±0.934 to 24.60±0.934 and 34.52±0.48 to 41.400±0.673 (p<0.001), respectively.the changes were not significant in the control group. the results of covariance analysis of the maritalquality, knowledge and attitude on the post-test indicated that there was a significant difference betweenthe two groups (p<0.001).conclusion: the results showed that the couples' sexual training positively influenced on marital, attitudesand knowledge about sex. sexual training is recommended before marriage.