Effectiveness of a marital relationship skills training intervention on marital adjustment among individuals in Hosanna Town, Southwest Ethiopia: A randomized-controlled trial

Abstract

Marital distress increases the risk of morbidity and mortality by altering psychological and biological health, including cardiovascular and endocrine function. Numerous interventions have been developed to mitigate marital distress. However, most of these interventions had very specific content and were limited to certain segments of the population. This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a marital relationship skills training intervention on the marital adjustment of married people in Ethiopia. We conducted a randomized-controlled trial study on 80 married people with low marital satisfaction. We used STATA 14 statistical software to process the data. The results of an Independent sample's t test analysis showed that marital relationship skills training had a significant impact on the marital adjustment of distressed couples (p = 0.001, 95% confidence interval: 0.79–1.10). A marital relationship skills training intervention can effectively improve marital adjustment and can be used as a treatment for marital distress.