Effect of Non-Violent Communication Skill Training on Overall Marital Satisfaction According to Demographic Variables

Abstract

The present study aims to investigate the effect of Non-violent Communication skill training on overall marital satisfaction according to demographic variables. Samples were collected from five universities in Hyderabad (Jawaharal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (JNTU), Osmania University (OU), English Foreigner Language (EFLU), University of Hyderabad (UOH), and Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU). The  researcher  administered marital satisfaction questionnaires on 500 foreigner and Indian students couple as a pre-test, the couples who had low scores on marital satisfaction were chosen, 64 couples were selected, after that they divided into two groups  with simple randomize sampling, 32 couples were selected for experimental group, and 32 couples were selected for control group. Researcher has administrated Non-violent communication technique for experimental group, In 10 sessions, each 2 hours to investigate the effect of Non-violent Communication skill training on overall marital satisfaction according to demographic variables(namely, : Gender, age, Education status, Duration of marriage ),In the control group, nothing was introduced. After three months, a follow-up test was administered to assess the stability of experiment. Research tools include marital satisfaction questionnaire. The results show that training in Non-violent Communication has no significant difference effect on overall marital satisfaction of gender groups, age groups, education status and duration of marriage.