The Effectiveness of Transactional Behavior Analytic Group Therapy on the Marital Adjustment and Prevention of Relapse in Detoxified People

Relapse phenomenon among detoxified people is an important therapeutic problem for substance abuse. The aim of this research was the study of effectiveness of transactional behavior analytic group therapy on the marital adjustment and prevention of relapse in detoxified people. The research design was quasi experimental with witness group. By using of available sampling of detoxified people who referred to government centers for maintenance therapy with methadone, 24 subjects that divided to two experimental and witness groups (12 subjects for each group) selected of Bojnord city. Each subjects completed the marital adjustment scale of Spanier and Wright's & et al relapse prediction scale as Pretest. Post test administered after group therapy and after 5 months a follow- up test administered among two groups. Morphine test has done with follow up test simultaneously. Independent samples t- test and covariance analysis has run for analyzing of data. The results showed that tempting of substance use was significantly differed in post test and follow up, but there was no significant difference in the marital adjustment and probability of substance use. Finding of this research showed, the transactional behavior analytic group therapy may be effective in temptation of substance use among detoxified people and it can considered by specialists.