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The aim of this research was to test the effects of the psycho-education program based on cognitive behavioral approach (CBA) on problem solving skills, communication skills, levels of marriage satisfaction and psychological wellbeing of the mothers who applied to get psychological help from Bornova Municipal Woman Counseling Center. The research was carried out with mothers who applied to Bornova Municipal Woman Counseling Center in order to handle their problems within the family. 49 subjects were randomly assigned to two groups: 33 subjects in the experimental group, and 16 subjects in the control group. Problem Solving Inventory, Communication Skills Evaluation Scale, Marriage Life Scale, and Psychological Well-Being Scale were administered to both groups as pretest. The psycho-education program, consisted of 16 sessions, based on CBA was applied to experimental group. After implementing the psycho-education program, the same scales were administered to both groups as posttest. The data obtained from both pretest and posttests were analyzed by the “3×2 Complex Design ANOVA” technique which is suitable for complex designs. For all the analyses the level of significance has been taken as .05. As a result of the analyses, it was found out that the psycho-education program based on CBA increased the mothers’ problem solving skills, communication skills, levels of marriage satisfaction and psychological well-being.

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