Middle Eastern Journal of Disability Studies

Abstract
Background & Objectives: The family, as a social unit, plays a central role in maintaining the stability and continuity of society. Marriage is the basis for family formation. Marriage can provide a safe space for the partners and an environment for children to develop and share their feelings. It can also help strengthen the bond between family members. Marriage is not only important to those involved, but it also plays an important role in society. Flourishing is an emerging concept that encompasses the hedonic and virtue dimensions of well–being and is equivalent to mental health and self–actualization. Marital flourishing is concerned with the quality of marital relationships, and given the positive consequence of marital flourishing as a restorative approach and preservation of marital relationships, it is critical to study it for family functioning and avoiding parent–child conflict. The present study aimed to design and validate the educational model of a flourishing couple (a qualitative study).
Methods: The present study used a qualitative method and of Grounded theory. The statistical community was to develop the educational model of parents of primary school students in Kermanshah City, in 2021. They were selected through targeted sampling with the inclusion criteria to reach the theoretical saturation. Finally, 30 people (15 couples) underwent an in–depth interview. The statistical community to examine the content of the model included professors from the Department of Psychology and Counseling who had at least 6 years of work related to couples and families. At first, using an in–depth interview, the components of the educational model of the flourishing couple were identified and then the educational model was compiled. The Grounded theory and content analysis method was used to analyze data. The data were analyzed through MAXQDA software.
Results: A total of 15 couples were subjected to semi–structured interviews. Based on the interview results, 5 dimensions and 20 categories were identified. Based on the results for all sessions of the educational protocol, the content validity ratio (CVR) was greater than 0.75. Therefore, CVR values were favorable for all these sessions. Also, the most used criterion for content validity index (CVI) was 0.80. In other words, meetings whose CVI was above 0.80 are appropriate meetings, and meetings whose content validity index is less than 0.80 need to be modified. Based on the results, CVI was optimal for all sessions. Therefore, the educational model of the flourishing couple could be widely used in various counseling and psychology research sessions. The educational model of the flourishing of couples is based on the social cultural contexts of Iranian couples and its design iwas developed through the Grounded theory and in–depth interviews with couples. After analyzing the interviews, the components of intimacy attention and support cohabitation conscious choice and positive moral qualities as innovative factors, spiritual components, effective communication recognition, and help develop skills, mindfulness, forgiveness, self–esteem and problem solving as solutions and components of lacking good companions, financial disability, and lack of educational empowerment as interventionist factors and components of adherence to values and beliefs, compassion and psychological security as causal conditions and components of emotion positive in the family and the benefits were identified. Finally, they were compiled in twelve 45–minute sessions based on the components of the educational model appropriate to the cultural context of Iran.
Conclusion: Based on the findings, it can be said that the educational model of flourishing couple can be used in family studies.