The effectiveness of emotion-oriented couple therapy on marital adjustment and quality of life of parents of school students

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Ph.D. in Msychology, Assistant professor and faculty Member of Farhangian University of Kermanshah, Iran (Corresponding Author)

2 Master of psychology, Education Consultant

Abstract

Introduction: The main purpose of the research is the effectiveness of emotion-oriented couple therapy on marital adjustment and quality of life of parents of school students in three districts of Kermanshah.
Methods: The research method is quasi-experimental with random replacement of samples in two experimental and control groups. The statistical population of this research includes all the parents of students in the three cities of Kermanshah, the sample includes 15 men and 15 women who were selected using a random stepwise sampling method. Research tools included marital compatibility and quality of life questionnaires. The emotional therapy couple program was for 10 sessions of 2 hours and 2 times a week. In order to analyze the data in this research, descriptive statistics methods such as calculation of mean, maximum and minimum standard deviation and in the inferential part of covariance analysis were performed using SPSS version 25 software.
Results:  The results showed that emotion-oriented couple therapy has an effect on parents' quality of life and marital adjustment; Also, marital compatibility has an effect on the quality of parents (P<0.01).
Conclusion: It can be said that the emotion-oriented couple therapy program has been effective on the research variables.

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medical journal of mashhad university of medical sciences
Volume 62, Issue 4
November and December 2019

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