شهناز صفربیگی

Marital Adjustment and satisfaction are one of the broadest concepts for determining and indicating the degree of happiness and stability in couple's relationship. Marital Adjustment affects on many aspects of individual and social life of people. Cognitive-behavioral treatments with couples in order to increase and enhance positive communications, training communication skills, problem solving, and conflict and changing the patterns of the thought are causing destructive. The aim of this research was to survey and compare the effect of couples group training based on cognitive-behavioral approach on marital Adjustment of Qom couples. Methods and Materials: This study is semi-empirical and used pretest-posttest with control group. The statistical sample was consisted of all self-introduced couples to Family Counseling Center of Qom in 2012-2013. Sampling method is voluntary and 60 couples randomly placed into control and experimental groups. For gathering data, demographic questionnaire and marital Adjustment measurement were used. For analyzing data, SPSS-17 software and descriptive and inferential statistical methods (ANCOVA) were used. The study results in ANCOVA analysis indicated that cognitive-behavioral approach meaningfully affected marital Adjustment dimensions (P<0/05, F= 6/48), marital satisfaction (P<0/05, F=2/98), pair correlation (P<0/05, F=3/13), pair agreement (P<0/05, F=2/96) and expressing affection (P<0/05, F=3/96). According to structural components of cognitive-behavioral approach, it can be said that this approach with enhancing communication skills and solving conflict among couples, cause to decrease dissatisfaction and increase adaptability.

marital adjustment is a kind of harmony and empathy in achieving common goals of life between husband and wife which leads to satisfaction from living together. Religion is considered as one of the most effective spiritual fulcrums which are able to provide the meaning of life in each moment of lifetime and rescue a person in special condition from suspension and meaninglessness by providing explanatory fulcrum. The main aim of this research is to study the relationship between religious orientation and marital adjustment among couples of Qom City. This is a correlation descriptive study. The study population included all the couples referred to counseling centers and psychological clinics of Qom City. So 150 people who referred to counseling centers and psychological clinics of Qom City and volunteered to participate, were selected. The required information was collected using Azarbaijani’s Religious Orientation Questionnaire (2003) and Espanire Dyadic Adjustment Scale (1976). Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and regression. findings show that there is a positive correlation between religious orientation and marital satisfaction(r=0.45, p>0.001). This means that religious orientation can predict marital adjustment. Religious orientation also has direct and significant relationship with dimensions of dyadic satisfaction (r=0/45, p>0.001), dyadic cohesion (r=0.41, p>0.001), dyadic consensus (r=0.40, p>0.001), affection expression (r=0.317, p> 0.001). Coclusion: since religious orientation can be effective in improving relationships and marital adjustment, it is recommended to take advantage of strengthening religious beliefs of couples and cause them to approach each other in counseling.