This article reports a study examining the impact of online spiritual counseling (OSC) sessions in mitigating immigration stress and promoting better marital adjustment of South Asian young dual earner couples emigrating to the USA. The OSC was effective for intervention group couples as compared to the waitlist control group. Post-test immigration stress was lower for those with professional degrees and who had prior living experience in the USA. Marital adjustment scores were higher for Hindu and Sikh couples, with professional degrees, who had prior living experience in the USA, for whom the marriage was a personal choice, and who had no children. Intervention compliance in terms of attendance and self-practice mediated the association between socio-demographic predictors and outcomes. There was concordance in outcomes of the dyadic partners, immigration stress and marital adjustment scores of husbands and wives were interdependent and associated. Within family therapy, the effectiveness of the OSC sessions for immigrant couples is supported with modifications for certain subgroups. Refinements may include adding familiar spiritual tenets for Christian and Muslim couples, including aspects of dealing with acculturation for those with no prior emigration experience and partner adjustment for couples in arranged marriages, and simpler expectations from those with children.

本文报告了一项研究，该研究考察了在线精神咨询（OSC）会议对缓解移民压力并促进移民到美国的南亚双工夫妇的婚姻调整的影响。与等待列表对照组相比，OSC对干预组夫妇有效。具有专业学位且曾在美国生活过的人，考试后的移民压力较低。对于印度教和锡克教夫妇，拥有专业学位，曾在美国有过生活经验，婚姻是个人选择，并且没有孩子的印度人，婚姻适应得分更高。出勤率和自我实践方面的干预依从性介导了社会人口统计学预测因素与结果之间的关联。二进位伙伴的结果一致，夫妻的移民压力和婚姻适应分数是相互依存和相关的。在家庭疗法中，通过对某些亚组进行修改，可以支持OSC会议对于新婚夫妇的有效性。改进措施可能包括为基督徒和穆斯林夫妇增加熟悉的精神信条，包括在没有移民经验的情况下应对适应和在包办婚姻中对夫妇进行伴侣适应的方面，以及对有子女的夫妇的简单期望。