جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "marital intimacy" در نشریات گروه "علوم اجتماعی"

 The purpose of this research was the effectiveness of positive psychotherapy on marital intimacy, mental vitality and emotional expression in women with marital burnout. The current study was applied in terms of purpose and in terms of method, it was a semi experimental with pre-test, post-test and follow-up with a time interval of 2 months along with the control group. The statistical population of the research included women with marital burnout who referred to counseling and psychological centers of Razi family, Omid Farda, Hayat Shahr Karaj in the second 6 months of 1402. In order to select the sample size, 24 women with high marital burnout were selected based on the purposeful sampling method and based on the entry and exit criteria. In this way, firstly, 150 women referring to counseling and psychotherapy centers were administered the Marital Exhaustion Questionnaire, and then 24 women who obtained the highest score in this questionnaire were selected in two groups. They were randomly assigned as a single hyperdiagnostic test group (12 people) and a control group (12 people). The experimental groups received ten 45-minute sessions of positive psychotherapy once a week, and no intervention was provided to the control group. The data were analyzed using the analysis of covariance test in SPSS software version 26. The results showed that positive psychotherapy had a significant effect on marital intimacy and emotional expression in women with marital burnout, but it did not have a significant effect on the mental vitality of women with marital burnout;Therefore, the results of the present study can be considered by family counseling centers, psychologists and couples.  

Considering the effect of past marriage on remarriage, the researcher tried to design an effective intervention model by using narrative therapy and mindfulness approaches to create a positive effect on couples' intimacy. Therefore, the current research seeks to answer the question, how is the design of a narrative therapy model based on mindfulness and its effectiveness on marital intimacy in remarried women?

The current research is semi-experimental in terms of its practical purpose and method, and to do it, a pre-test-post-test and follow-up design and a control group were used. The statistical population included all women who experienced remarriage in Shiraz city in 1400. The purposeful sampling method was available and finally 24 remarried women were selected. In order to measure the degree of couple intimacy, the Couple Intimacy Questionnaire (Oliya, 1385) was used.

The data analysis method was multivariate covariance. The results of the research showed that the average scores of the subjects in the post-test stage had a significant growth and the average of their marital intimacy increased to 63.86. Which shows the effectiveness of experimental intervention in increasing marital intimacy in women with remarriage experience. Compared to the control group, the condition of the experimental group has increased favorably after the experimental intervention.

The results of the research showed that narrative therapy based on mindfulness has been effective in increasing the marital intimacy of women with the experience of remarriage in Shiraz city.

The purpose of this study was to effectiveness of schema therapy on attachment styles and marital intimacy of couples in Tehran city. This semi-experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design with control group and follow-up 2 month. In this study the statistical population was all couples of Tehran city in year 2020. In the first stage, using convenience sampling method, 30 couples were selected and then randomly divided into two group (each group 15 couples) were replaced and experimental group underwent schema therapy. To collect data attachment scale Collins (1996) and marital intimacy questionnaire (MINQ) of Bagarozzi (1997). Data analysis was performed using SPSS-24 software in two sections: descriptive and inferential (analysis of variance with repeated measures and Bonferroni). The results of the study showed that of schema therapy in post-test and follow up had a significant effect on attachment styles and marital intimacy of couples (P<0.05). This study's results have practical implications for the use of therapeutic intervention programs in which the schema therapy approach was employed to reduce marital problems. Besides, on the basis of the findings of this study, the couple therapy training programs based on schema therapy can be exploited to improve attachment styles and marital intimacy of couples.

This study aims to examine the mediating effect of marital intimacy on the association between Affective control and marital adjustment. The study employs a correlation-based approach utilizing path analysis modelling. The population being studied consisted of all married individuals residing in Karaj city. A total of 220 couples were chosen as research participants through an internet survey employing the convenience sampling method. The data were obtained utilizing three questionnaires: the Affective Control Scale (Williams et al., 1997), the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (Spanier, 1976), and the Marital Intimacy Scale (Thompson & Walker, 1989). The data was analyzed using the path analysis method with the assistance of AMOS software. The study's findings suggest an indirect relationship between the regulation of emotions and the level of marital adjustment in couples. This relationship is mediated by marital intimacy, as evidenced by the significant beta coefficient of -0.26 (p = 0.001). Furthermore, the study demonstrated the significant impact of affect control (β=-0.39, P=0.001) and marital intimacy (β=0.61, P=0.001) on marital adjustment. Couples that demonstrated emotional regulation skills had heightened levels of intimacy in their relationship, leading to increased frequency and quality of intimate interactions. That is, the heightened level of intimacy contributed to the improvement of marital adjustment. When developing psychological interventions to enhance marital adjustment, it is crucial to consider significant elements, including affective control and intimacy.

The purpose of this study was to effectiveness of narrative exposure therapy on posttraumatic stress disorder and marital intimacy among women affected by marital infidelity. This semi-experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design with control group and follow-up 2 month. In this study the statistical population of all women affected by marital infidelity of Shahriar city in year 1400. In the first stage, using convenience sampling method, 24 women affected by marital infidelity were selected and then randomly divided into one experimental group (12 women) and one control group (12 women) were replaced and experimental group underwent narrative exposure therapy (8 sessions 90 minutes), but the control group received no training and remained in the waiting list. To collect data revised civilian Mississippi scale for posttraumatic stress disorder of Norris and Perilla and marital intimacy scale of Walker and Thompson. Data analysis was performed using SPSS-24 software in two sections: descriptive and inferential (analysis of variance with repeated measures and Bonferroni). The results of the study showed that of narrative exposure therapy  in post-test and follow up had a significant effect on posttraumatic stress disorder and marital intimacy (P<0.05). Based on the results of the present study, it can be said that narrative exposure therapy can be used as a treatment method on posttraumatic stress disorder and marital intimacy among women affected by marital infidelity in counseling centers and psychological services

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between gratitude, apology, and marital intimacy by moderating the role of arrogance among women in Tehran province. The research utilized a descriptive correlation design. The statistical population consisted of all women aged 20 to 50 in Tehran province in 2022 that had been living together for at least one year. The sample of 308 women was selected using a convenience sampling method. Data were collected through online questionnaires and measures including a Researcher-Made Apology Questionnaire, Authentic Pride and Hubristic Pride Scale (Tracy and Robbins, 2007), Gratitude Questionnaire developed (McCullough, Emmons & Tsang,2002), and Marital Intimacy Scale developed (Walker and Thompson,1983). SmartPLS-3 software was used to analyze the data. The findings indicated that gratitude had a positive association with marital intimacy, whereas apology and arrogance had a negative association with marital intimacy. Furthermore, arrogance moderated the relationship between gratitude and marital intimacy, but did not moderate the relationship between apology and marital intimacy. Based on these results, mental health experts are recommended to organize educational workshops to increase couples' awareness of the aforementioned factors, which can enhance the level of marital intimacy and improve the general health of women in relationships.

Remarriage is a second chance for people who have separated from their spouses to experience a new life together. The complexity of the family structure, financial management, unresolved emotional issues related to the previous spouse, fear of repeating marital dissolution, high levels of stress, and lack of communication skills cause the instability of the second marriage.

The present study was conducted with the aim of the effect of Bowen's family therapy on positive feelings about the spouse, marital intimacy, and the transformative function of the family in remarried women.

The present study was an experimental study based on a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population was all married women who had remarried in Isfahan city in 2023. Among the volunteers, 40 people were selected by the available sampling method and were replaced by random assignment in two groups (experimental and control). The measurement tools used in this research were the marital intimacy scale (Bagarozzi 1990), the positive feeling towards spouse questionnaire (O'Leary, Fincham, et al. 1983), and the family transformational function questionnaire (Aali and Kadivar 2015). For the subjects of the experimental group, 8 sessions of Bowen family therapy were performed for 90 minutes. They participated in the Bowen family therapy training program, but the control group did not receive any training. To analyze the research data, the covariance analysis method was used using SPSS version 24 software.

The results showed that Bowen's family therapy was effective on marital intimacy needs. Also, Bowen’s family therapy has been effective in positive feelings toward the spouse.

According to the obtained results, group therapy based on family systems theory can be used in counseling centers to increase marital intimacy and positive feelings toward the spouse.

One of the most important issues that give meaning to human life is fertility and having children. When this goal is hindered, many psychological and relational problems arise. For this reason, the aim of this research was the mediating role of marital conflicts in the relationship between marital intimacy and the quality of life of infertile military couples.

The current research method is a descriptive path analysis type. The current research population was infertile military couples who visited infertility clinics in Mashhad in the winter of 2022. A total of 150 infertile couples were selected through purposive sampling. Who completed the marital conflict, quality of life and marital intimacy questionnaires.

The data of the research, which was analyzed using Pearson›s correlation coefficient and hierarchical regression, indicated that marital conflict with marital intimacy (0.37-) and quality of life (0.46-) It has a negative and significant relationship (P<0.01). Also, marital conflict plays a mediating role in predicting the quality of life based on marital intimacy (F = 16.15, P<0.01).

From these findings, it can be concluded that marital conflicts, which are aggravated by infertility in couples, reduce their quality of life and marital intimacy.

The water crisis is one of the potentially important potentials for conflict and security challenges, which has the potential to become a major crisis on a local, regional and trans-regional scale. The intensification of the water crisis has endangered the living health of the human ecosystem and its continued habitation due to population growth, industrial development, increasing pollution, deforestation and vegetation and drought and it has had consequences for the economic, political, military and security conditions of the countries. The aim of this study is to identify and analyze the security drivers of the water crisis in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari. This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive and analytical-structural in nature. Due to the nature of research, collection and analysis of information in the descriptive part, through the study of library documents and in the analytical part of the expert methods, structural analysis was used. Documentary and expert findings of the study of factors and challenges affecting the water crisis and its consequences in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province showed that these challenges can be categorized in the dimensions of "economic security, environmental security, social security and institutional security." The results of the structural analysis also showed that drivers of water governance, inter-basin transfer projects, local and regional tensions and conflicts, political discriminations, government political authority, migration, poverty and deprivation, social capital, unemployment, psychological security, social trust, social cohesion and Participation of local institutions, public participation, are the most important drivers of effective water crisis security in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province based on the priority of effectiveness.

Recently, extensive changes have occurred in the social and intimate relationships of the Iranian society, especially among women, and today young women show a different approach compared to the women of previous generations on intimate relationships. The area of family relationships in Tabriz, like the entire society of Iran, has undergone transformation in the last century. Among others, we can mention the increase in the divorce rate, the increase in the age of marriage, and the ongoing tensions in married life. On the other hand, the individual and social identity of women has also undergone changes subjected to social and political changes in the society. In the past decades, influenced by modernization and modernism, Tabriz women have experienced extensive structural and attitudinal changes in their role and status. The change in the role and status of women, more than anything else, can affect their attitudes to married life. The question that can be raised is whether the recent pervasive entrance of women into the public sphere has changed their attitudes to intimacy and intimate relationships?The present research deals with the sociological study of intimate relationships between spouses, focusing on the experience and attitude of women, and their transformation in the city of Tabriz during the last three generations. The purpose of this research is to understand the transformation of Tabriz women's experiences and attitudes on intimacy and married life. Therefore, this article examines the intimate experiences of three generations of Tabriz women regarding to the social conditions of their adolescence and intends to highlight and analyze new dimensions of marital intimacy.The research method used in this research is qualitative. Narrative interviews were used to collect information and grounded theory was used for analyzing data. Therefore, in this research, an attempt was made to clarify different dimensions of married life by using in-depth narrative interviews with women. For a more systematic investigation, three groups of women were separated: Young women, their mothers and grandmothers. The adolescence of these three age groups can be related to the social and political developments of the last century in Iran. In the first period, the forced modernization of the Pahlavi government, which started from the time of Reza Khan and reached its peak in the 1960s and 1970s, pushed at least some social groups of women into the public domain. In the second period, with the occurrence of the Islamic revolution, the emotional and traditional role of women as housewives was promoted and strengthened. And in the third period, which starts from the late 1990s and the beginning of the 21st century, with the spread of new communication technologies, the relationship of women with the public sphere changed once again and the presence of women in the public sphere of society was facilitated.This article claims that there has been a transformation in the intimacy practices during the three generations under the study. The analysis of the findings shows that in the first generation and to some extent in the second generation, intense social control over social interactions led to adjusting intimate life, but in the third generation, pure intimacy gradually emerged, with the spread of modern forces. Also, in the first and second generations, intimate interactions took place behind the scenes of social life, but with the spread of modern forces and the reduction of the threshold of shame, the social veils of intimacy have become thinner, so that in the third generation, public expression of intimacy is considered a sign of being modern.Finally, according to the findings of the research, it can be said that during the three generations under investigation, there has been an obvious transformation in the practices and patterns of intimacy, and the dominant pattern of intimate life in the third generation has obvious differences with the previous generations. Nowadays, marriages are mainly of an individual and romantic nature; Marital lives has a dynamic character and is based on negotiation; The nature of marital relationships tends to “pure relationship” and mutual interest; Women have an opposing approach to the patriarchal normative system; And expressing intimate actions in the presence of others is not much avoided, unlike the previous generations. The modernization of women has played an important role in this change. Therefore, this article describes the common pattern in the first and second generation with the term “traditional intimacy” and the common pattern in the third generation with the term “modern intimacy”.

AbstractThe purpose of the present study was to Investigate the effect of  of Educating integrative behavioral couple therapy On the cognitive emotion regulation and marital intimacy of Married women in the city of Qom. The present study Had  a pre-test and post-test design with control group. The statistical population consisted of all married people attending the primary education center Darmanyab in Qom city, district 2, in spring 1998. Among the subjects who answered the questionnaire, those who had a low score in the questionnaire were selected and randomly assigned into two groups of experimental and control, each containing 15 members . For the experimental group, the learning protocol was based on the integrative behavioral couple therapy Continues for 16 sessions (twice week one hour).The instruments used in this study were Cognitive Emotion Regulation questionnaire (CERQ) of Garnovskii and Krai (2006) and Marital Intimacy Scale (MIS) of Thompson & Walker (1983). Data were analyzed using multivariate covariance analysis using SPSS-21. The results of this study showed that education based on integrative behavioral couple therapy is effective on cognitive emotion regulation (P <0.001). Also, the results of the study showed that education based on integrative behavioral couple therapy was effective on marital intimacy of couples (P <0.001). Findings of this study suggest that training based on integrative behavioral couple therapy Can be effective on cognitive regulation of emotion and marital intimacy and its implementation in educational centers is recommended

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of perceived parenting styles and attachment styles in predicting marital intimacy in married women. The research design was descriptive and correlational. For this purpose, 288 married women from the seminary school of Qom in the academic year 1396 -1397 were selected through the random sampling method. The participants completed the questionnaires of Young Parenting Style (YPI), Collins and Reed Attachment Styles (AAS) and Parental Marital Intimacy. Correlation test and stepwise regression analysis were used for data analysis. The research findings showed that there is a significantly positive relationship between perceived parenting styles of impaired limits, vigilance-inhibition and secure attachment styles with marital intimacy. There was also a significantly negative relationship between disconnection and rejection, impaired limits and anxious attachment parenting styles and marital intimacy. The results of stepwise multiple regression analysis showed that perceived parenting styles of impaired limits, vigilance and inhibition as well as anxious attachment style in total predicted 31% of variance in marital intimacy. These findings well illustrate the important role of perceived parenting styles and attachment styles in predicting marital intimacy, and can provide useful information to family counselors and psychologists.

This research aimed to determine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral family therapy based on an Islamic approach on marital intimacy and interpersonal forgiveness of women referring to the counseling centers and it was conducted with a quasi-experimental method and pretest-posttest design among women referring to the counseling centers of Arak. Regarding the conditions of this research and the need for cooperation for several months, 15 women were selected for each group by the convenience sampling and they were randomly placed in the groups. The variables were measured by the questionnaires of marital intimacy and interpersonal forgiveness, and the data were analyzed using the analysis of covariance. According to the results, there is a significant difference between marital intimacy and interpersonal forgiveness in two test and control groups; thus, it can be said that cognitive-behavioral family therapy based on an Islamic approach is an effective method for increasing marital intimacy and interpersonal forgiveness.

Brief solution-focused therapy is a collaborative and non-pathological approach for therapy which puts emphasis on finding solutions by the client with the help of therapist. The present research was conducted by the aim of investigating the effect of brief solution-focused couple therapy on increasing marital intimacy among couples.The present research is of applied research which uses semi-experimental method and the design is of pretest-posttest with control group. The population of the current research includes all the couples who have visited Golha-Fatemi health center in 2016 because of lack of intimacy in their relationships in order to get professional counseling and psychological helps. After initial screening and based on inclusion-exclusion criteria of the research, 16 couples were selected by available sampling method, and they were assigned into experiment and control groups (8 couples per group). The data were gathered through marital intimacy scale of Walker and Thompson. After taking the pretest from both groups, the brief solution-focused group therapy was offered to the experiment group in seven 2-hour sessions with a step by step method with the sequence of one session per week, but the control group received no intervention. After finishing the therapy sessions, posttest was taken from both groups. The data were analyzed through univariate covariance analysis test (ANCOVA) with SPSS-20. Findings of covariance analysis indicated that brief solution-focused couple therapy has improved marital intimacy in couples of the experiment group in posttest. Counselors and family therapists can use the findings of the current research in their clinical and therapeutic interventions, and use this therapeutic, practical and effective approach for improving marital intimacy.

In recent century, Iranian society experienced social and political changes, including changes in the role and status of women and family development. This paper examines the relationship between these two transformations, modernizing of women (objective and subjective modernity), and the transformation of intimacy in Tabriz among the last three generations. Objective modernity means the presence of people in modern spaces and the consumption of modern products. Subjective modernity means the motivational, attitudinal and behavioral characteristics of individuals to adapt to the new conditions. This study aims to identify the path to transformation of marital intimacy, and factors affecting it. The statistical population includes all married women in Tabriz. A sample of 997 of them were examined in three generations. The impact of independent variables including generation, education, social class, objective modernity, and subjective modernity on the dependent variable, namely intimacy, were tested through regression analysis and also using the software Amos Graphics. Results of regression analysis showed that four variables of subjective modernity, objective modernity, social class, and generation had a significant effect on intimacy, but the variable "education" did not have a significant effect on intimacy. Furthermore, the experimental data confirmed the theoretical model of the research. Finally, based on findings, the ways of intimacy have been transformed among the three generations, and modernization of women has played an important role in this transformation. However, as there are differences between generations, there are differences and inhomogeneity within them as well.

This study has been conducted with the aim to predict marital commitment based on differentiation, family’s cohesion and adaptability, and marital intimacy among married women teachers in Hamadan city. In this descriptive correlational research, sample of 346 persons across all married female teachers in Hamadan were selected by multistage random sampling. Participants in the study completed a demographic form, the standard questionnaire of marital commitment (Adams & Jones, 1997), differentiation of self inventory (Skowron & Smith, 2003), flexibility and cohesion evaluation scale-III (Olson et al., 1985) and intimacy scale (Walker & Thompson, 1983). The results of multiple regression analysis showed that among all the predictors, marital intimacy has the biggest role in predicting marital commitment and after that are family cohesion and differentiation. In total, these three variables predict about 62% of the variance of marital commitment. The findings show that the experiences of the early development of the family, the quality of the relationship between mother and child and cohesion of family members, have important effects on couples’ interpersonal relations.