Purpose: The meaning of life is always emphasized in religious approaches and can play an important role in married life. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of meaning therapy based on Islamic culture on the Mental health and marital conflicts of couples in Yazd.
Materials and Methods: The research method was semi-experimental and pre-test, post-test with a control group. The statistical population of this study included all couples who referred to Yazd Counseling Center who due to marital conflicts based on psychological interview and marital conflict questionnaire who referred to this center and 30 of them by sample method Available samples were selected for inclusion in the study and randomly assigned to experimental (15 people) and control groups (15 people). The experimental group underwent meaning therapy based on Islamic culture during 10 sessions of 90 minutes. the control group did not receive any training. Data were collected in pre-test and post-test stages using marital conflict and mental health questionnaires. Data analysis was done with descriptive tests (mean and standard deviation) and covariance analysis using SPSS-24 software.
Findings: The results showed that in the experimental group, the average score of marital conflicts decreased from 119.33 in the pre-test phase to 82.25 in the post-test phase. Also, in the experimental group, the average mental health score increased from 71.3923 in the pre-test stage to 109.57 in the post-test stage (P<0.001).
Conclusion: According to the findings, it can be concluded that the use of meaning therapy based on Islamic culture has an effect on increasing mental health and reducing marital conflicts.