Niloofar Mikaeili - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran.
Seifollah Aghajani - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran.
Narges Habibi - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran.
Elham Fathi - Department of Counselling, Faculty of Humanities, Hazrat-e Masoumeh University, Qom, Iran.
Abolfazl Hatami Varzaneh - Department of Counselling, Faculty of Humanities, Hazrat-e Masoumeh University, Qom, Iran.

Background: This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the prevention and relationship enhancement program (PREP) on marital burnout in married women.Methods: Thirty married women were selected and randomly replaced in experimental (n=۱۵) and control (n=۱۵) groups. The quasi-experimental research method was conducted in the pretest-posttest control group design to examine the effectiveness of the PREP on marital burnout in married women. The sessions of the PREP were implemented for the experimental group during ۸ sessions of ۹۰ minutes, one session per week, and no educational intervention was performed for the control group. Multivariate analysis of covariance was used as a statistical method.Results: The results showed that there was a significant difference between the control and experimental groups in psychological and emotional aspects of marital burnout(Pvalue≤۰.۰۲). Our results also showed that the total burnout score was significantly different from pre-test to post-test in the experimental group (Pvalue≤۰.۰۱).Conclusions: It can be implied from the results of our study that PREP can have different implications in Iranian culture.Keywords: Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP), Marital Burnout, Married Women.Background: This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the prevention and relationship enhancement program (PREP) on marital burnout in married women. Methods: Thirty married women were selected and randomly replaced in experimental (n=۱۵) and control (n=۱۵) groups. The quasi-experimental research method was conducted in the pretest-posttest control group design to examine the effectiveness of the PREP on marital burnout in married women. The sessions of the PREP were implemented for the experimental group during ۸ sessions of ۹۰ minutes, one session per week, and no educational intervention was performed for the control group. Multivariate analysis of covariance was used as a statistical method. Results: The results showed that there was a significant difference between the control and experimental groups in psychological and emotional aspects of marital burnout(Pvalue≤۰.۰۲). Our results also showed that the total burnout score was significantly different from pre-test to post-test in the experimental group (Pvalue≤۰.۰۱). Conclusions: It can be implied from the results of our study that PREP can have different implications in Iranian culture. Keywords: Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP), Marital Burnout, Married Women.

Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP), PREP, Marital Burnout, Married Women