The effectiveness of Martin Seligman's flourishing theory training on the quality components of couples' relationships in couples with conflict in counseling centers in Ahvaz, Iran

The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of Martin Seligman's flourishing theory training on the quality components of couples' relationships in couples with conflict in counseling centers in Ahvaz. The working method of this research was semi-experimental with a pre-test, and post-test design with control and experimental groups. The sampling group of this research included all couples referred to Ahvaz counseling centers in 2018. The number of subjects included 30 couples of those who had moderate to high conflict rates after filling out the Kansas Marital Conflict Questionnaire by Eggman et al. and were selected as available 15 couples were considered as the experimental group and 15 couples (30 women and 30 men) as the control group. Before conducting the independent variable, both groups underwent a pre-test then the experimental group underwent Martin Seligman's flourishing theory training interventions during 8 sessions (60 minutes every session) for 1 month while the control group did not receive this educational intervention. The tools used in this research included the couple relationship quality questionnaire (based on the theoretical framework of Mobler- Nanali, and Ekman) and the Kansas Eggman et al. Marital Conflict Questionnaire (KMCS). SPSS software was also used for the statistical analysis of data. The findings demonstrated that the average scores of the quality components of couples' relationships (attention to self, attention to a spouse, planning to solve problems, communication styles) were increased in the experimental group compared to the control group (P<0.001).