The Effectiveness of Premarital Counseling on Couples Intimacy and Marital Satisfaction: A Systematic Review Study

Danial Alizadeh¹ Farzin Bagheri Sheykhangafshe² Golfam Pirabbasi³ Negar Sheikhli⁴

1) Master of Clinical Psychology, Lahijan Branch of Azad University, Lahijan, Iran
2) PhD Candidate in Psychology, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
3) Master of Clinical Psychology, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran
4) PhD Student in Health Psychology, Kish International Campus, University of Tehran, Iran

IOI Code : XCFF-FGCFC
Publication : Demo - Website of Saman Conference Management System(iccuma.ir)
Abstract :
    Premarital counseling can be done in a wide range of knowledge about the purposes of marriage, knowledge of the psychology of men and women, knowledge of the correct criteria for marriage and having the necessary conditions to enter into marriage to sex education, and since premarital counseling Marriage is one of the best ways to maintain and sustain families and its prevention aspects are more important than its treatment aspect. In this regard, the present review study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of premarital counseling on intimacy and marital satisfaction of couples. In this study, a systematic review by searching by keywords of premarital counseling, marital satisfaction, marital intimacy, quality of life and mental health of couples in the title and abstract of articles published in Google Scholar, PubMed, Scopus, SID, Magiran , Noormags and ScienceDirect were searched. The main criterion for entry was the printed articles of all related Persian and English texts during the years 2012 to 2020. The PRISMA checklist was used to review and control the quality of articles. The findings showed that premarital counseling and education can include a wide range of knowledge about the purposes of marriage, knowledge of the psychology of men and women, knowledge of the correct criteria for marriage and the necessary conditions to enter into marriage to education. Have sex and help couples become fully aware of important areas of reproductive health issues and base their sexual relationships on the right foundation. Also, this process, by recognizing personal risk factors and aspects of personal flexibility, helps couples prepare for marriage and has an effect on creating a happier and more stable life

Keywords : premarital counseling marital intimacy marital satisfaction systematic review