Ravanshenasi & Din

The present study investigated the effectiveness of marital boundaries training on family power structure, moral distress, and moral commitment among married women. Utilizing a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design with a control group, the population comprised married women in Tehran in 1404 HS. A convenience sample of 30 participants was selected and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (n = 15 per group). The experimental group received ten sessions of the marital boundaries regulation training package (Khorrami et al., 1403 HS), while the control group received no intervention. Instruments included the Family Power Structure Questionnaire (Mahdavi & Sabouri Khosroshahi, 1382 HS), the Moral Distress Scale (Hamric et al., 2012), and the Moral Commitment Questionnaire (Adams & Jones, 1997). Data were analyzed via analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results indicated that marital boundaries training significantly improved family power structure and increased moral commitment within personal and moral subscales. However, the intervention had no significant effect on reducing moral distress or increasing structural commitment. Consequently, this training can be utilized as an effective preventive intervention in counseling centers to strengthen family structures and mitigate marital conflicts.