본 연구의 목적은 인지행동적 부부훈련이 부부문제감소와 부부관계향상이 미치는 효과를 검승하는 것이었다. 훈련효과의 검증을 위해 부부문제척도(MDS)와 부부관계척도(MRS)를 훈련을 위해 인지행동적 부부문제해결훈련 프로그램을 사용하였다. 훈련은 본 훈련 프로그램에 참여를 희망하는 기혼자 18명을 대상으로 매회 240분씩 4회 실시하였다. 훈련의 효과를 밝히기 위해 부부문제척도의 하위 영역인 행동적 영역과 인지적 영역 각각에 대해서는 다변량분석(MANOVA)을 하였고 부부관계척도의 하위영역인 부부안정성과 부부만족도에 대해서는 분산분식 (ANOVA)를 실시하였다. 가설검증을 위한 통계적 유의수준은 05였다. 본 연구의 결과를 관계이론 및 선행연구와 관련지어 논의한 결과, 인지행동적 부부훈련은 부부행동의 역기능적 측면을 감소시키고 부부관계(부부만족도와 부부안정성)을 향상시키는 것으로 나타났다.

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the Cognitive Behavioral Training(CBT) on decreasing marital distress, and enhancing couple relationship. CBT was focused on decreasing couple dysfunctional behaviors and cognitions, and enhancing couple satisfaction and stability. In order to examine th effect of this training, two kinds of measuring scales were used, Marital Distress Scale(MDS) and Marital Relationship Scale(MRS). MDS had two subscales: Behavioral Marital Distress Scale(BMDS) measuring couple dysfunctional extent of reciprocity, communication skills, problem-solving, and anger expressions, and Coginitive Marital Distress Scale(CMDS) measuring the couple dysfunctional extent of perceptions, attributions, expectancies, assumptions, standards of marital distress. MRS had two subscales: Couple Satisfaction Scale(CSS) measuring the extent of couple satisfaction, and Couple Stability Scale(CSTS) measuring the extent of couple stability. The subjects in this study were 18 married volunteers who wanted to enroll in the training group. All subjects were trained for four 240 minute sessions for four weeks. All subjects received the pre-test, post-test, and followup-test seven weeks later by using the MDS and MRS. The conclusions obtained from the results and discussions of this research are as follows: 1.CBT was effective in decreasing behaviors of marital distress. 2. CBT was effective in enhancing couple relationship(couple satisfaction and couple stability).