Couple Relationship Education Through mHealth: A Two-Year Follow-Up Quasi-Experimental Study

Abstract

Little is known about the effectiveness of couple relationship education through mHealth in Muslim populations. We compared an intervention group (n = 127) of newlywed women who received online education with a non-intervention group (n = 135), in Iran. The curriculum was focused on raising awareness about communication and conflict resolution in marital life. Educational messages were sent twice a week over two years. The two groups did not differ in the divorce rate and marital quality ratings. The findings may suggest that marriage education programs need to be tailored to address deep cultural issues such as sacrifice and forgiveness.

Keywords:

• Marital quality
• communication
• mHealth
• relationship education
• culture

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

This study was supported by a Grant from the Kerman Neuroscience Research Center (Grant No: KNRC/99-75).