Positive Outcomes of Uninterrupted Listening Intervention on Married Couples: An Experimental Study

The present study examined the effectiveness of uninterrupted listening intervention on marital quality, communication patterns and tolerance for disagreement in 20 married couples (N= 20 Husbands, N= 20 Wives). Current study employed pre-test/post-test experimental research design. Assessments were carried out in two phases i.e., pretest, posttest measurement. Married couples selected through purposive and snow-ball sampling techniques. Married couples aged between 25 to 45 years with at least 3 years of marriage were recruited and were randomly assigned to one experimental group and one control group. Comprehensive Marital satisfaction Scale (CMSS; Khan, 2006), Communication Pattern Questionnaire (Fatima, 2017) and Tolerance for disagreement scale (TFD; Fatima et al., 2019) were used as pre-test and post-test assessment measures for study variables. The outcomes of this study suggested that uninterrupted listening intervention has a significant effect in enhancing the marital quality, tolerance for disagreement and improving communication patterns in the couples receiving the intervention as both husbands and wives scored significantly high in posttest measurement in experimental group. However, in control group, no significant differences were evident in the pre-test and post-test scores of both husbands and wives. The results of this study highlight the importance of uninterrupted listening in life of married couples and use of this intervention can significantly augment marital quality, tolerance for disagreement and positive communication patterns and may ultimately lead to nurturing healthy marital relationships.