| Summary: | Present research, aimed to develop a psycho-educational for conflicting couples and it,s effectiveness on reducing inefficient coping strategy and divorce probability. A psycho-educational package was developed based on Satir,s communication skills, that using focus groups, content validity was desirable. It,s effectiveness was studied in an experimental design of pretest- posttest and follow- up after 2 mouths. 32 participants (16 couples) purposeful sampling were selected thorough conflicting and divorcing couples referring to Dispute Resolution Council in karaj and equally assigned in experimental and control groups. Baseline of coping strategy and divorce probability all participants were measured. Psycho-educational interventions treat on experimental group in 10 couple therapy sessions and coping strategy and divorce probability of all participants were measured in posttest and follow-up and data were analyzed using repeated measurement. Results indicated that use of inefficient coping strategy and divorce probability significantly decreased in participants in psycho-educational sessions compared to the control group (P<0.01). Also these changes observed in follow up. The results of research provide some evidence to suggest that psycho-educational package based on Satir,s model is an appropriate couple therapy intervention for reducing inefficient coping strategy and divorce probability for divorce applicants and conflicting couples.
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