Objectives This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of premarital counseling based on a relationship education program in reducing the idealistic marital expectation in single young adults of Ahvaz city. Methods The is a quasi-experimental study with pretest, posttest, and follow-up design using control group. Thirty two single young adults were voluntarily participated and assigned randomly into intervention group (n=16) and control group (n=16). The data were collected using Jones and Nelson's Marital Expectation Scale (idealistic expectation subscale) at three stages: pre-test, post-test, and 60-day followup. The intervention group received relationship education program in 9 sessions, twice a week for 90 minutes, while the control group received premarital counseling only in one session. Data were analyzed using ANOVA with repeated measures in SPSS V. 21. Results The premarital counseling based on the relationship education program could reduce the idealistic marital expectation in the intervention group from pretest stage to the follow-up stage. Conclusion The relationship education program can be used as a useful and appropriate program in premarital counseling and in reducing the idealistic expectations of marriage in young people.

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Breast cancer affects the various aspects of mental health, aggravates mental stress, and challenges the person's mental health because of the disturbance in the mental image of the subjects. It can also affect the mental status of these individuals. Objectives: The aim of the present study was to compare the efficacy of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) on pain catastrophizing and the psychological well-being of patients with breast cancer. Materials and Methods: The present quasi-experimental study used a pretest-Post-test design with the control group. The statistical population of the present study included all patients with breast cancer referring to health centers and hospitals of Babol and Babolsar in 2018. A sample of 45 people was selected by a random sampling method, and 3 groups of 15 women with breast cancer were randomly divided into ACT, SFBT, and control groups. ACT and SFBT were performed for the experimental groups and no intervention was performed in the control group. To obtain the data, the pain catastrophizing scale and psychological well-being questionnaire were used. The data were analyzed by SPSS V. 23, using the multivariate analysis of covariance test. Results: ACT and SFBT affected the pain catastrophizing (F=47.01, P<0.001) and psychological wellbeing (F=79.34, P<0.001) of patients with breast cancer. The ACT was more effective than the SFBT (P<0.01). Conclusion: Both the ACT and SFBT had a desirable effect on reducing pain catastrophizing and increasing psychological well-being in patients with breast cancer, but the ACT was more effective than the SFBT.