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The purpose of this research is to investigate the effectiveness of "integrative monotheistic education" on marital intimacy, communication beliefs and family functioning. The design used in this "quasi-experimental" research was pre-test-post-test with a control group and a three-month follow-up. The statistical population of the study included the parents of the students of one of the elementary boys' schools in the academic year 1997-1996 in Sabzevar city. The participants were selected using the available sampling method and were randomly divided into two experimental (15) and control (15) groups. For the experimental group, eight 90-minute group therapy sessions were held using the "monotheistic integration" method, but the control group received no treatment. The research instruments were three scales of "marital intimacy", "communication beliefs" and "family functioning" implemented in the pre-test and post-test and follow-up sessions in two groups. In order to analyze the data, repeated Measures ANOVA with Bonferroni test were used. The results showed that "integrative monotheistic education" improved marital intimacy, communication beliefs and family functioning in the experimental group compared to the control group (P