The phenomenon of divorce and marital maladjustment in Saudi society is the ultimate concern of this paper, with the goal of addressing this issue by conducting a study in order to understand married Saudi women’s experiences and perceptions that may be used to develop a premarital education program. This research conducted individual, semi-structured, in-depth interviews with 27 Saudi women who have been married for five years or less. The responses were discussed based on the prescriptive skills approach, the principles-based approach, and mindfulness-based approach. As evidenced in the responses of the participants, multiple relationship weaknesses are common to most of the marriages, with conflict management problems the most common weakness that Saudi women perceive in their marriages. However, a few key relationship strengths keep marital relationships intact. Based on participant feedback, premarital education programs for individuals and couples would be highly beneficial to the marital relationship health of couples in Saudi Arabia, and are a viable method for decreasing the divorce rate in Saudi Arabia.

O trabalho examina a noção de formação (Bildung), central para a filosofia alemã em seu período clássico. A partir da análise de alguns dos aspectos centrais dessa idéia, notadamente relacionados à concepção simbólica da linguagem, propõe-se uma relação entre as obras de Goethe, Herder e Novalis, fazendo-se referências frequentes também à filosofia de Kant. O objetivo é mostrar como a idéia de formação é tecida por diferentes reflexões que percorrem e interligam os domínios da Natureza, da História e da Poesia. / The thesis proposes a study of the notion of Bildung as it appears in German philosophical thinking at the end of the 18th Century. Through the analysis of some of this ideas main aspects, notably those related to a symbolic conception of language, this work suggests the existence of a relation between the works of Goethe, Herder and Novalis, referring them frequently to Kants thought. The main purpose is to verify how the idea of formation is constructed by means of different reflections in which Nature, History and Poetry are seen as interconnected domains

O trabalho examina a noção de formação (Bildung), central para a filosofia alemã em seu período clássico. A partir da análise de alguns dos aspectos centrais dessa idéia, notadamente relacionados à concepção simbólica da linguagem, propõe-se uma relação entre as obras de Goethe, Herder e Novalis, fazendo-se referências frequentes também à filosofia de Kant. O objetivo é mostrar como a idéia de formação é tecida por diferentes reflexões que percorrem e interligam os domínios da Natureza, da História e da Poesia. / The thesis proposes a study of the notion of Bildung as it appears in German philosophical thinking at the end of the 18th Century. Through the analysis of some of this ideas main aspects, notably those related to a symbolic conception of language, this work suggests the existence of a relation between the works of Goethe, Herder and Novalis, referring them frequently to Kants thought. The main purpose is to verify how the idea of formation is constructed by means of different reflections in which Nature, History and Poetry are seen as interconnected domains