Development And Validation Of The Emotion Focused Couples Communication Program Efccp For Enhancing Marital Communication And Satisfaction

Download or read book Development and validation of the emotion-focused couples' communication program (EFCCP) for enhancing marital communication and satisfaction written by Vazhappilly Joshy Jacob and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a basic unit of the society, family is vitally important for the very existence of the society. But modern society is plagued with ever growing distress and de-generation of family and marriage, paving way to physical and psychological illnesses, not just for the couples alone, but for the children and other family members as well. Various studies show that an effective communication between marital partners enhances their relationship quality; an absence of the same causes distress and discord among them. The purpose of this research was to develop an intervention program that would effectively assist couples improve their communication skills and to assess the efficacy of the researcher-developed program. Following a mixed research design of exploratory-sequential method, the researcher integrated the communication aspects of Non-Violent Communication (NVC) and the emotional aspects of Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) in the development of ‘Emotion-Focused Couples’ Communication Program (EFCCP)’. The results of the study revealed that couples communication and marital satisfaction are strongly correlated. The high significance in their relationship also indicated that couples communication accounted for the changes in the level of marital satisfaction at a very high percentage. Results of the study likewise showed that the Emotion-Focused Couples’ Communication Program (EFCCP) is reliable and valid as well as highly efficacious in enhancing couples’ communication and marital satisfaction among the distressed couples. The efficacy of the program was tested in two independent experimental studies against two geographically and culturally diverse backgrounds and thus was proven culture-free.