The purpose of this study was to develop marital education program focused on communication. The program was composed of 6 sessions; recognition of communication style between husband and wife, understanding of self and spouse, checking ego state, tal...
The purpose of this study was to develop marital education program focused on communication. The program was composed of 6 sessions; recognition of communication style between husband and wife, understanding of self and spouse, checking ego state, talking method, listening method, and follow-up. The contents of every session are based on the communication channel, ego state of Transactional Analysis, communication types classified by Satir, and talking skills and listening skills developed by Miller, Miller, Munnally & Wackman. This marital communication education program can be applied to the small groups of wives or husbands separately, or together. This program designed for the improvement of attitude and skills in communication between wife and husband.