SEXOLOGY SUKH SAGAR HOSPITAL & Health Centre(SSSH)

What is Marriage Enrichment Programme?

Marriage enrichment uses an educational approach to enhance couple relationships. The goals of marriage enrichment are to help couples become aware of themselves and their partners, explore their partners' feelings and thoughts, encourage empathy and intimacy, and develop effective communication and problem-solving skills. Although many of the programs were created for couples that are functioning fairly well in their marriages, there is an increase in the programs being used with troubled and dysfunctional couples.

BENEFITS

Marriage enrichment programs may differ in format and scope, however they all strive to strengthen relationships, build interpersonal skills, and prevent marital distress. Research has been conducted on several marriage enrichment programs to determine to their effectiveness and appropriateness. Outcomes from the various programs give empirical evidence regarding the efficacy of marriage enrichment.
A research study found that couples participating in marriage enrichment program demonstrated improved marital satisfaction, sexual intimacy, and intellectual intimacy.
Results from another study demonstrated that participants involved marriage enrichment had significantly higher scores in self-disclosure than those in the control group.
One study looked at marriage enrichment's effect on need for control, expressed affection, and wanted affection indicated that compared to the control group, those in the treatment group had significant improvement in identifying their needs for control, expressed affection, and wanted affection.
Studies on marriage enrichment have also demonstrated that inventories could differentiate between happily and unhappily married couples.
In the one study, comparisons between the marriage enrichment group's pretest and posttest scores showed significant differences in the Marital Self-Evaluation, Marital Communication Inventory, and Dyadic Adjustment Scale.