marital/couples issues

Introduction: MARITAL HAPPINESs is one of the most important factors of marital relationship quality. It shows the degree of couples´ happiness regarding different aspects of their relation.It could be said that, more MARITAL HAPPINESs indicates less marital conflicts and dissatisfaction. Regarding ongoing increasing of marital conflicts and divorce, using effective interventions is necessary for improving the quality of marital relationship.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of cognitive-behavioral couple therapy and ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY on MARITAL HAPPINESs of the couples who are not satisfied with their relationship.Method: The method of this research was single-subject design. The study was carried out based on multiple baselines with an initiation of treatment. Sampling procedure of the study was convenience. Considering inclusion criteria, six couples were randomly assigned in two experimental groups. Independent variables were cognitive-behavioral couple therapy and ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY that were presented in six sessions. The research instrument was MARITAL HAPPINESs Questionnaire.

Results: Based on significant differences between the intervention and baseline situations, the results showed that cognitive-behavioral couple therapy and ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY have increased MARITAL HAPPINESs. Also the results of the Repeated Measures Anova showed that there are no significant differences between the effects of these two therapies on increasing of MARITAL HAPPINESs.

Conclusion: cosidering these results, couple therapists can use the effective interventions of theses two therapeutic methods to increase MARITAL HAPPINESs of couples especially those who have experienced some kind of dissatisfaction in their relations.

Full text: https://www.sid.ir/en/journal/ViewPaper.aspx?id=568467

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is one of the third-generation behavioral therapies in which it is attempted to increase the psychological relationship of an individual with his or her thoughts and feelings instead of changing cognition. The purpose of this study was the effectiveness of ACT on conflict resolution styles of incompatible marital women.

Methods: This is a semi-experimental, pretest and posttest design and a 3-month follow-up. The statistical population of the study consisted of all incompatible women who referred to counseling centers in Arak in 2018. Therefore, 24 participants were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly assigned to one test groups and one control group of 12 participants for each. Data were collected in the pretest, posttest and follow-up stages with (the Conflict Resolution Styles Scale or Rahim Organizational Conflict Inventory-II). The test group received a therapeutic intervention based on ACT for twelve 90-min sessions, but no therapy was provided for the control group. After the completion of treatment sessions, both groups were subjected to posttest. The data were analyzed using analysis of variance with repeated measures and Bonferroni post-hoc test.

Results: The results showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the posttest scores of the test group compared with that of the control group (P < 0.05), and the difference was suitably sustainable during the time.

Conclusion: ACT is considered as an effective intervention in improving conflict resolution styles.

https://doi.org/10.4103/iahs.iahs_8_19

Introduction: This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of ACT on the DCA of couples suffering diabetes in Bandar Abbas.

Methods: This is applied in terms of purpose and regarding the method, it is quasi-experimental done by Solomon Four-Group design.The population of this study is all diabetic patients of Bandar Abbas, to select the sample, first notes of holding training sessions related to this study in counseling centers, other related institutes in Bandar Abbas were hung, and the candidates were registered.Then, based on entry criteria (including a definite diagnosis of diabetes by a physician, diabetes type 2, being married, and the age range of 20-50 years), 80 volunteers to participate in the workshop, were randomly divided into six groups of experiment and control this means for each intervention 20 patients and in the control group 20 patients were assigned randomly.Data were collected through relationships beliefs questionnaire (RBQ; Romance &Deboard, 1995). The experimental group received 8 sessions (1.5 hour) of couple therapy.

Results: The results showed that ACT affects DCA of the couples (P<0.001, F=33.95).

Conclusion: ACT significantly improves couple's communication attitudes and sexual satisfaction of the diabetes patients.

Introduction: Acceptance and commitment therapy is one of the third generations of behavioral therapy and instead of trying to change cognitions, person's Psychological relationship with him thoughts and feelings to rise. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of treatment based on acceptance and commitment (ACT) to reduce the couple burnout of married couples. Method: In the form of a quasi-experimental intervention in the form of pre-posttest control group, 20 couples among couples with marital problems that referred to Rastin counseling and psychological services in the spring of 2015 choice with sampling method and were divided into control and experimental groups randomly (each 10 couples). The study’s instrument was Paynz Couple Burnout 1996. The experiment group received therapeutic intervention based on acceptance and commitment therapy for at least twelve weeks of group therapy but for control group treatment was provided. After completed treatment sessions post-test was done from both groups. Data were analyzed by T-difference. Results: Between pre-test (93.60) and post-test scores (78.10) in the experimental group compared with the control group was significantly different (T= -8.32, P<0.01). In other words, intervention based on acceptance and commitment was effective in reducing couple burnout in experiment group. Conclusion: The results show that acceptance and commitment therapy to reduce the couple burnout was effectiveness in married couples. It is recommended that this treatment counselors and family therapists in counseling centers and family education classes in order to solve their marital problems and boost productivity.

This study is based on commitment and acceptance of the effectiveness of marital therapy to

reduce marital conflict in the city of Esfahan. This research is fundamental for the

implementation of the experimental method pretest - posttest control group design was used.

In order to reach the objective of all working couples in the study, 40 patients were selected

randomly 20 patients in the experimental group and 20 patients in the control group. A draft

questionnaire to collect data, marital Barati and Sanaei (1996) commitment and acceptancebased

therapy and training package was used. Data from the questionnaires using the

experimental and control groups were analyzed by analysis of covariance. The results showed

that the training commitment and acceptance-based therapy is to reduce marital conflict. The

commitment and acceptance-based therapy training can reduce the dimensions of marital

conflict (collaboration, sex, emotional reactions, children's protection, family relationships

with relatives and friends, wife Personal relationship with your family and finances separate

from each other) has a significant impact.

Social anxiety tends to be examined from an intrapersonal perspective. Only recently have researchers started to explore social anxiety in the context of close relationships. In the current study, we investigated whether people with greater social anxiety respond defensively when the threat of being rejected by one׳s romantic partner becomes salient. Confronted with possible rejection, we hypothesized that people with greater social anxiety would devalue their partners to minimize the impact of the rejection. Fifty one couples participated in a laboratory interaction with one member assigned to a rejection condition—led to believe that their partner was listing excessive negative characteristics about them; the other member was assigned to a neutral condition in which they received an innocuous filler task. Results revealed a positive association between social anxiety and rejection concerns that could not be attributed to depressive symptoms, rejection sensitivity, attachment styles, or trust. People with greater social anxiety coped with these concerns by devaluing romantic partners following the rejection condition; in the neutral condition, they adopted an overly positive/enhanced perception of partners. Our findings illustrate the defensive, risk management strategies used by people with greater social anxiety in aversive relational contexts.

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Research findings across a variety of samples (e.g., clinical, shelter, hospital) estimate that 31% to 84% of women who have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV) exhibit symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The current study sought to further investigate the abuse-trauma link by examining the relationship between lifetime trauma exposure, type of abuse (i.e., physical, psychological), and perspective-taking abilities (i.e., here-there, now-then). The role of experiential avoidance in the development of PTSD symptoms was also examined. Results indicated that lifetime trauma exposure (β = .31) and psychological abuse (β = .34) were significant predictors of PTSD symptomatology. Additionally, analyses revealed that experiential avoidance (β = .65) was a significant predictor of PTSD symptoms that partially mediated the relationship between IPV and PTSD symptomatology. Implications of findings are discussed as well as future suggestions for research examining type of IPV and PTSD.