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The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of a premarital relationship enrichment program on relationship satisfaction among couples. The experimental and control groups were totally composed of 20 individuals. In order to test whether there are any significant differences between the scores of pre-test and post-test within the control and experimental groups, Mann-Whitney U test and Wilcoxon signed-rank test were used. It was found that this premarital relationship enrichment program had positive effects on relationship satisfaction. Premarital relationship development program can be included in the preventive studies in mental health organizations. By cooperating with local government, it can be provided that couples who apply for marriage benefit from "Marriage Preparation Education."
Key Words
Premarital Relationship Enrichment Program, Relationship Satisfaction, Marital Preparation.
Human beings go on their lives as a member of small or large groups. The most important one of these groups is family which is called a special small group and provides a continuation of human species. Compliance with certain conditions, you can create families with at least two individuals of the opposite sex to choose each other as partners. Choosing their partners, deciding with whom they will share their lives, family building, family responsibility, and living with their partners are some of the duties of young adulthood period (Yesilyaprak, 2003).
Premarital relationship period is a period for two different people who do not know each other, to know and understand each other and create bonds of love which are necessary to live together before they take the decision to marry. Personal, social, and legal facilities such as friendship before marriage and engagement are for the purpose of fulfilling this fact (Özgüven, 2000).
Taking a decision to marry is a complicated process. People's desire to make their physical, emotional, and social needs real is among the important factors that lead people to marriage. Women and men should try to understand the real identity, expectations, and characteristics of both themselves and the candidate partner's in the premarital relationship period (Kalkan & Ersanli, 2008). The first step of their selection is being informed about themselves. The answer to the question 'with whom I marry' which the person asks himself/herself depends on recognizing himself/herself. People who are getting married usually emphasize what...