The efficiency of group sex-therapy skills education
Family is one of the key pillars of society. Achieving a healthy society depends on healthy families where all the family members enjoy mental health and descent relationships with each other (Bahari, 2011). The starting point of a family is marriage and an objective followed by entering into marriage is to create healthy marital relationships (Stelzer, 2010). Marriage can be rightfully called the most important decision a person makes in his/her life (Nasehi et al., 2004; Tahmasbi et al., 2006). Marriage is a desirable event in any culture and more than 90% of the world population experience it once at least (Ziaie et al., 2014). Studies have described marriage as a norm, a personal life affair, an event in adulthood, and the involvement of two persons with different specifications and needs (Lawrance and Bayer, 1992). In general, people enter into a marriage for different reasons like finding a meaning in life, love, and a higher level of quality of life. It is notable that continuance of a marriage depends on factors like satisfaction with marital life as a marriage is successful only when the both sides feel satisfaction with being with each other (Kalantar Koushe and Hassan (2010); Lucas et al.,2008).
Marital satisfaction refers to the level of affection in specific aspects or all aspects of marital relationship. Some authors have described marital satisfaction as a subjective and universal assessment of the relationship (Diautho, et al., 1998; Marcuaurelle, 2003). In fact, it refers to a situation when the couple feels happiness, satisfaction, and love when they are with each other (Ziaie, et al., 2014). The concept of marital satisfaction is a multi-dimensional and multi-purpose concept comprised of psychological, social, economic, and spiritual elements (Shakerian, 2010). Ellis (1989, cited by Oladi, 2011) defined marital satisfaction as an objective sense of contentment, satisfaction, and enjoyment in the couple with their mutual relationship. Sadeghi (2001) showed in a study that a successful marriage causes higher satisfaction and joy in individuals and dissatisfaction with marital life negatively affects not only social and mental interactions between the couple but also the growth and development of children raised in the family. Moreover, several studies have shown that marital satisfaction is influenced by many factors including a healthy and joyful sexual function (Rahmani, 2011).