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A Study on the effectiveness and composition of a Marriage Enrichment Program: Based on reality therapy and rational-emotive therapy (부부관계강화 프로그램의 개발과 효과 검증 -선택이론, 인지정서행동이론, 관계향상기법을 기초로-)

  • Lee, Sung-Hee
    • Journal of Families and Better Life
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.11-24
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    • 2002
  • The purpose of this study is to develop a Marriage Enrichment Program that can be applied to the actual lives of Korean families and couples, as well as adopted in family welfare programs. For this study, a quasi-experimental group design was employed and pre- and post- tests on Internal-External Control, Couple Communication, and Marital Satisfaction were conducted. Experimental participants consisted of six volunteer couples who responded to an advertisement by the Chonbuk Family Counseling Center printed in a daily newspaper. The experimental group received two hours of education on marital relationship enhancement every week for eight weeks. The control group received no such treatment. The effectiveness of the education was measured by Wilcox matched pair test, using a SAS program, as well as by the self-report of the participants. The results show that there was statistically significant improvement for the experimental group in all three areas of marriage-- internal control, couple communication, and marital satisfaction. In addition, the participants'evaluations were generally positive about the program. The participants reported that it was most helpful to learn through the educational program that individuals differ in basic needs and that they should not force personal beliefs on others. They also reported that their understanding of their spouse improved.

A Study on the Effectiveness and Composition of a Marriage Enrichment Program of a Couple of Old Age (노년기 부부관계향상 프로그램 개발 및 효과성에 관한 연구)

  • Kwon, Oh-Gyun;Kang, Kum-Hee
    • Journal of Families and Better Life
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    • v.27 no.5
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    • pp.137-145
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    • 2009
  • The purpose of this research to improve old age for marriage and the effect the development of the program is to validate. This program of eight to 60 years old elderly couple in 2008 was 8 in the 10 weeks. To verify the effectiveness of the program prior to the inspection of post-verification. According to the results of analysis, old age in conjugal relations, the area between the pre-post meaningful communication efficiency, the couple agreed, and the couple satisfaction, couple came to feel affection, and expression did not show a meaningful difference. The study on the future social welfare and family welfare-related practices and more effective old age, researchers developed a program to improve the couple relationship is important to emphasize is this.

The Development of the Marriage Enrichment Program for Middle-Aged Cuouples (중년기 부부관계 향상 프로그램 개발)

  • 송정아
    • Journal of Families and Better Life
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.113-130
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    • 1996
  • This study is an evaluation research which examines the effectiveness of the Marriage Enrichment Program for Middle-Aged Couples(MEPM), This program focuses on the marital dyadic relationship as a family life education The MEPM was developed to strengthen the marital relationships and to improve the potential for individuals and couples. For the effectiveness of the study the author conducted previous survey research with a literature review. The Marriage Enrichment Program was delivered to eight middle-aged couples at Hotel Hilton in Kyung Joo on June 5-6 1995. Through statistical analysis the effectiveness of the MEPM was significant in the areas of couple communication problem solving ability sexual relationship accptance for the value differences and mutual respect. The study also found that changes in thinking is much slower than learning for the new skills and knowledge.

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An Exploratory Program on the Enrichment of Marital Intimacy (자기인식 향상을 통한 부부친밀감 증진 프로그램 시안 -우리 부부에 대해 새롭게 알기-)

  • 이경희;옥선화
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.37 no.8
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    • pp.29-42
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    • 1999
  • The purpose of this study was to develop the new marital intimacy enrichment program. Some family counselors(or therapists) and 3 couples'interviewees helped to design this program. This program intended to increase couples to understand one's personality, feeling, and behavior each other. For the purpose of it, two psychological theories and two family therapy theories were provided for the base of this program. This program is consisted of 6 sessions that are Sharing, Real Understanding of Our Personalities 1, Understanding of Our Personalities H, Understanding of Our family of Origins and Habits, Understanding of Our Recent Life, and Understanding of Our Feelings, aiming for increasing couple's cognitive, affective, and sexual intimacy.

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Development and Evaluation of the Family Relations Enhancement Program - Applied to Rural Women in Gyeonggi do - (가족관계 증진 프로그램 개발 및 효과검증 - 경기지역 농촌여성을 대상으로 -)

  • Choi Kyu-Reon
    • The Korean Journal of Community Living Science
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.31-48
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    • 2006
  • The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate the program which aims at providing a better understanding of family role, establishing a desirable value of being good spouse and good parent, and good daughter/mother in-law and determine effects of the program on rural women in Gyeonggi do. Based on the strong & healthy family perspective, personality types theory, coping stress theory, anger control method, communication & conflict solution theory(eg; Minnesota Couple Communication Program), cognitive behavior theory, and relations enrichment theory, 6 session program was developed. The title of 6 sessions were 'Making happy family', 'Family communication', 'Coping parent-child relation stress', 'Coping conjugal personality difference', 'Becoming a good mother/daughter in-law', and 'Dissolving family conflict'. 188 women surveyed were asked to participate in the program held at 5 city located in Gyeonggi do from Jun. 22 to July, 15. 2005, with two days(3 session a day and 120 minutes per session based). The effectiveness of this program was evaluated by pre-test, post test through 188 rural women and it was analyzed by paired t-test and program evaluation questionnaire was also investigated. The major results were as follows: This program was effective in improving spouse relation satisfaction, child relation satisfaction, daughter/mother in-law relation satisfaction, their effort for making happy family, self-esteem, and depression tendency. Future research and practical implications were added.

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Development and Evaluation of the Marital Equality Education Program for Women Farmers and their Husband (농촌 부부평등교육 프로그램 개발 및 효과검증)

  • 최규련
    • Journal of Families and Better Life
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.73-85
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    • 2002
  • The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate the Marital Equality Education Program for women farmers and their husband. Based on the empirical research result of 980 women farmers as basic study for developing this program, marital equality theory, system theory, strong family perspective, stress coping theory, anger control theory, modified Couple Communication Program, marriage enrichment methods, 7 session program was developed. The contents of every session were Reviewing Marriage Relationships, Coping Role Stress, Marital Equality, Self Expression & Speaking, Understanding Spouse & Listening, Anger Control& Resolving Conflict, and Enhancing Marital Relations. The effectiveness of this program was evaluated by pretest, post test, and follow-up 1 month later through 35 rural couples(women farmers and their husband) and it was analyzed by paired t-test and qualitative evaluation was also investigated. The major results were as follows : This program was effective in improving their self-esteem, marital satisfaction, coping role stress & conflicts, and husband's egalitarian role attitude & practice. The results suggested the program had also Positive impacts on the marital equality and relationships. Future research and practical implications were added.