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Psychology
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Advice
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Educational Science
Evaluation and comparison of the effect of assertiveness training by group counseling method on increasing social skills of students of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Volume 4, Issue 2, 2022, Pages 224 - 236
Author(s) : Dr. Shahnaz NazarAli* 1 , Prof. Gholam Ali Afrooz 2 , Alfred Pritz, Rector 3 , Martin Jandl, Ass. -Prof 4
1 Tehran University, Tehran-Iran Sigmund Freud University, Vienna-Austria
2 Tehran University, Tehran-Iran President, Asian Federation of World Council for Psychotherapy
3 Sigmund Freud University, Vienna-Austria President of the European Federation of the World Council Psychotherapy
4 MMag. Dr. Sigmund Freud University, Vienna-Austria
Abstract :
This study examined the effectiveness of Integrative Marriage and Couples Therapy on the marital satisfaction of Iranian married students attending the University of Tehran in Iran. The quasi-experimental research work was based on qualitative and quantitative, mixed methods. The participants in the study included 40 couples (n=80). They were selected by applying a simple random sampling method, and they were randomly divided into two groups, a control group, and an experimental group. The data collection was conducted by applying Enrich Marital Satisfaction Scale (EMSS, 1998), clinical semi-structured interviews, and demographic questionnaires. The results indicated the effectiveness of Integrative Marriage and Couples Therapy in the enhancement of marital satisfaction in Iranian married students who participated in the experimental groups. No increment in marital satisfaction was noticed in the control groups. Considering the importance of the issue, a deeper assessment of the effectiveness of the couple therapy with the integrative approach in the enhancement of marital satisfaction in Iranian married students, and a qualitative analysis applying the Mayring methodology was additionally performed. the result was shown that the attitude and behavior of the participants in the experimental groups really and deeply changed after Integrative Marriage and Couples Therapy.
This study examined the effectiveness of Integrative Marriage and Couples Therapy on the marital satisfaction of Iranian married students attending the University of Tehran in Iran. The quasi-experimental research work was based on qualitative and quantitative, mixed methods. The participants in the study included 40 couples (n=80). They were selected by applying a simple random sampling method, and they were randomly divided into two groups, a control group, and an experimental group. The data collection was conducted by applying Enrich Marital Satisfaction Scale (EMSS, 1998), clinical semi-structured interviews, and demographic questionnaires. The results indicated the effectiveness of Integrative Marriage and Couples Therapy in the enhancement of marital satisfaction in Iranian married students who participated in the experimental groups. No increment in marital satisfaction was noticed in the control groups. Considering the importance of the issue, a deeper assessment of the effectiveness of the couple therapy with the integrative approach in the enhancement of marital satisfaction in Iranian married students, and a qualitative analysis applying the Mayring methodology was additionally performed. the result was shown that the attitude and behavior of the participants in the experimental groups really and deeply changed after Integrative Marriage and Couples Therapy.
Keywords :
married students, marital satisfaction, Integrative marriage, Couples Therapy, mixed-method, clinical semi-structured interview
married students, marital satisfaction, Integrative marriage, Couples Therapy, mixed-method, clinical semi-structured interview
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