M.A. Thesis:

The effect of premarital counseling on awareness, knowledge and expectations of marriage, subjective norms in girl students in vocational school Baghiyat Allah Alazam of Sabzevar.

Introduction & Objective: Unsuccessful marriages cause severe psychological, emotional, physical and material harm to individuals, families and society. However, pre-marriage counseling is an interventionist method for married couples with the aim of training the skills needed to improve the relationship between individuals and start a successful marriage. Therefore, the present study aims to the effect of premarital counseling on awareness, Attitude, expectations of marriage and subjective norms in girl students in vocational school Baghiyat Allah Alazam of Sabzevar. Materials and Methods: This research was a semi-experimental and research design was pre-test-posttest with control group. The statistical population of the study was all female students of the faculty of technical and vocational education of the rest of Baghiyat Allah Alazam Sabzevar in 2016 who were planning to marry and were in the pre-contract period. After registering the applicants, 100 individuals with the highest score were selected for sample selection from the community and randomly assigned to two experimental groups (n=50) and control (n=50). In both groups, the pretest and posttest tests were performed on four questionnaires of knowledge (researcher made), attitude (Hazavehi et al. 2014), marital expectations (Omidvar et al 2007) and abstract norms (Hazavehi et al. 2014). Response They gave. The data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) and the significance level in all tests was considered as p?0.05. Data were analyzed by SPSS software Version 21 was used. Results: The results of this study showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between premarital training on knowledge, attitude and marital expectations (P ? 0.05). However, premarital education had no significant effect on abstract norms (P> 0.05). Conclusion: The results of this study indicate a significant difference in knowledge, attitude and expectations of marital variables after completion of educational programs among the participants, which indicates the positive impact of the pre-marriage counseling program. Therefore, pre-marital education programs with the presence of married people and psychologists can be successful by increasing the level of knowledge and attitudes of individuals who are effective in marriage.

Keywords: Premarital education, Knowledge, Attitude, Marital Expectations, Abstraction Norms, Girl