Marriage and Family Counseling Competencies among The Workers of Family Reform and Reconciliation Offices in The Jordanian Supreme Judge Department and Its Relationship to Occupational Stressors
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https://doi.org/10.35516/Hum.2026.9843Keywords:
Marriage and Family Counseling Competencies, Family reconciliation Offices, Occupational StressorsAbstract
Objective This study aimed to explore the marriage and family counseling competencies among the workers of family reform and reconciliation offices in Jordanian supreme judge department and its Relationship with Occupational stressors.
Method: The study used the descriptive correlational approach. Marriage and family counseling competencies scale and occupational stressors scale were developed and their psychometric properties were functionally appropriate when they were extracted. The study sample consisted of (126) workers of family reform and reconciliation offices in the Jordanian Supreme Judge Department in Amman، the capital city.
Results: The study results indicated that the level of marriage and family counseling competencies among the workers of family reform and reconciliation offices was high، while the level of occupational stressors was moderate. Furthermore، the study revealed an inverse correlation between marriage and family counseling competencies and occupational stressors.
Conclusions: The study recommends Training and supervision programs to reduce the occupational stressors among the workers of family reform and reconciliation offices.
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