Effect of Marital Adjustment Strategies on Emotional Divorce Among Married Women
ConditionMarital Relationship
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age18-55
SponsorMansoura University
About this trial
Aim: The current study aims to evaluate the impact of marital adjustment strategies on emotional divorce among married women.
Design: A mixed design consisting of a cross-sectional study and a quasi-experimental one-group pre-test/post-test design.
Sample: A purposive sample of 320 married women.
Setting: Antenatal Outpatient Clinics at the New Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Mansoura University Hospitals, Egypt.
Tools: Data will be collected using three tools: a structured interview questionnaire, the Emotional Divorce Scale, and the Marital Adjustment Strategies Scale.
Intervention: Participants will receive a structured marital adjustment strategies program delivered through educational sessions designed to address communication, coping, emotional expression, problem-solving, and marital adjustment strategies.
Outcome Measures: Emotional divorce levels and marital adjustment strategies will be assessed at baseline and after completion of the intervention according to the study protocol.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Free from any medical and psychological disorders.
couples are committed to staying in one house despite emotional divorce or not.
wives married for 2 years, the family had children who were both spouses and not children of either spouse.
Disqualifiers
Age ≤ (18 or ≥ 55) years.
Illegal marriage.
Trial design
Design model
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
Educational Program; Marital Counseling Program
Other interventionA structured educational program was implemented to improve marital and emotional adjustment among participants.
Treatment groups
320 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupGroup A: Marital Adjustment Strategies GroupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Emotional Divorce Scale Score
Emotional Divorce Scale score, adapted from Al-Mahrazi (2019). The scale consists of 24 items rated on a 5-point Likert scale. Total scores range from 24 to 120. Lower scores indicate higher levels of emotional divorce, whereas higher scores indicate greater marital emotional connectedness.
Time frame
Baseline and 1 month after completion of the intervention.Secondary outcomes
1
Marital Adjustment Strategies Scale Score
Marital Adjustment Strategies Scale score, adapted from Al-Baz (2019). The scale consists of 47 items covering seven domains: problem-solving, entertainment, social support, emotional discharge, religious coping, avoidance, and acceptance/submission. Items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always). Average scores range from 1.0 to 5.0. Higher scores indicate greater use of marital adjustment (coping) strategies. Scores ≤2.33 indicate a low level of coping strategies, scores from 2.34 to 3.67 indicate a moderate level, and scores from 3.68 to 5.00 indicate a high level of coping strategies.
Time frame
Baseline and 6 months after intervention initiationLocations
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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