جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « تعارض زناشویی » در نشریات گروه « پزشکی »

There is a bidirectional relationship between marital discord and chronic disease. Considering its importance to individuals with chronic diseases, it is critical to explore the factors that influence marital adjustment. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between irrational beliefs and marital adjustment among couples with chronic diseases in Bushehr, Iran.

This descriptive correlational cross-sectional study investigated 92 couples (including 184 individuals) in which at least one spouse had one or more of the most common chronic diseases. Participants were selected using a convenience sampling method from internists' and cardiologists' offices, specialty clinics, and comprehensive healthcare centers in Bushehr during 2022. Data were collected using a demographic survey, the Dyadic Adjustment Scale developed by Graham B. Spanier and the short-form of Jones Irrational Beliefs Questionnaire (IBQ). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, and univariate and multivariate hierarchical linear regression tests using SPSS-20 software. A significance level of p<0.05 was considered for all analyses.

The mean and standard deviation of the total irrational belief scores for women and their husbands were 111.21±23.60 and 105.24±25.24, respectively. Furthermore, the mean marital adjustment score of the couples was 102.50±18.36. Additionally, 38% of the couples had marital discord. No significant correlation was found between the women’s irrational belief domains and their marital adjustment. However, regarding men's irrational belief domains, "feeling helpless against change" showed a significant negative relationship with marital adjustment (β=-0.400; CI95%: -0.703; -0.083).

The results showed that men's beliefs influenced the marital adjustment of couples.  Therefore, when counseling couples experiencing marital discord, especially those with chronic diseases, the psychologists and family counselors need to identify the factors affecting it. For instance, men's irrational beliefs, especially feeling helpless against change is an affecting factor that can be reduced through appropriate counseling.

This research was conducted with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of schema therapy and emotion focused therapy on alexithymia of people suffering from marital conflict.

The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with two experimental groups and one control group. From the statistical population of women referring to the clinics of the 1st district of Tehran, 45 people were selected using the available method and replaced in three groups using a random method. The research tool was emotional ataxia (Begby et al., 1994). First, the pre-test of alexithymia was performed for all three groups, then schema therapy and emotion-focused therapy were performed for the experimental groups, but no intervention was applied for the control group; Finally, the post-test and the follow-up test were performed for all three groups.

The results of the repeated measurement test showed that both schema therapy and emotion-oriented groups are effective in reducing alexithymia (p>0.01). Bon Feroni's post hoc test showed that emotional therapy is more effective than schema therapy (p>0.01).

it is suggested to use emotion-focused therapy to improve the alexithymia of people with marital conflict.

Extramarital affairs harm marriage and family, especially in conflicted relationships. Extramarital affairs have a lot of reasons, including personality characteristics. Dark personality tetrad, among the recent personality characteristics, encompasses 3 different components (Machiavellianism, Narcissism, and Psychopathy) that may overlap each other. Dark personality tetrad has been presented in many studies with different variables, including emotional intelligence. There is insufficient research about dark personality and emotional intelligence. Family stands out as the most essential unit of society, and understanding the reason for marital conflicts and extramarital affairs can help preserve family solidarity. This study was conducted to predict the tendency to extramarital relationships based on the dark personality tetrad and emotional intelligence in couples with marital conflict.

This research was a correlational study. The statistical population of this research consisted of all couples with marital conflicts living in Tehran City, Iran, who were referred to one of the psychology services clinics in 2019 to attend educational workshops. Individuals were selected by the convenience sampling method and answered the Marital Conflict Scale (Barati & Sanaee, 1999). Out of these individuals, 150 (75 couples) were recognized with marital conflicts, evidenced by scores higher than 114 on the marital conflict scale. Afterward, they answered the Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (Siberia–Schering, 1996), the Dark Tetrad Personality Scale (Yousefi & Imanzad, 2018), and Tendency Toward Extramarital Affairs (Whatley, 2008). The inclusion criteria were desire and informed consent to participate in the research, being married, and obtaining a score of at least 114 on the Marital Conflict Scale (Barati & Sanaee, 1999). The exclusion criteria were non–cooperation, being divorced, incomplete filling out the questionnaires, and not obtaining the minimum score of the marital conflict scale. Data was described using descriptive statistics indicators (mean and standard deviation). The Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple linear regression were used for data analysis. The significance level of statistical tests was 0.01. Data analysis was done in SPSS version 22.

Results showed that the tendency to extramarital affairs had a negative and significant relationship with emotional intelligence (p<0.001, r=–0.702). Also, the tendency to extramarital affairs showed a positive and significant relationship with the four dark personality traits: narcissism (r=0.858, p<0.001), sociopathy (r=0.669, p<0.001), Machiavellianism (r=0.651, p<0.001), and sadism (r=0.461, p<0.001). Also, machiavellian, psychopath, and sadism could not predict extramarital affairs (p>0.01). Still, emotional intelligence (p<0.001, β= –0.414) and narcissism in the four dark personality traits (p<0.001, β=0.574) could predict the tendency to extramarital affairs.

Based on the findings of the research, the tendency to extramarital affairs is predicted by emotional intelligence and the narcissistic component in the four dark personality traits.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness on anger management, marital conflict and quality of life.

The method of this research is quasi-experimental and the design of the control group has been used. For this purpose, a sample of 40 men and women who referred to counseling clinics in Bojnourd were selected and randomly available in two experimental groups (20 people) and control (20 people) by sampling method. To measure mindfulness, from the package written by Bowen, Chaula and Marlat, (2011), to measure anger management from the Spielberger anger control questionnaire, to measure the quality of life from the World Health Organization quality of life questionnaire and to measure conflict from Zakir and Barati (2008) was used. SPSS software version 23 was used to analyze the data.

Findings from covariance test showed that mindfulness training has an effective role in anger management, reducing marital conflict and increasing quality of life.

The findings of the present study indicated that mindfulness training using techniques such as conscious thoughts, emotions and behaviors can be used as an effective method to improve quality of life, reduce anger and marital conflicts.

The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of couple therapy based on acceptance and commitment with cognitive-behavioral couple therapy on marital conflict and emotion regulation in married women. The research was quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design with control group and three-month follow-up period. The statistical population included all married women with marital boredom who referred to counseling centers in Rasht in 1400, which was selected by available sampling method of 60 people and were assigned to three groups of 20 people. Data collection was performed in addition to demographic information checklist with marital boredom questionnaire, marital bourgeoisie questionnaire and emotion regulation questionnaire. For the subjects of the experimental groups (both intervention programs), 12 sessions were performed, one session per week for 1 hour. In addition to descriptive statistical methods, data analysis was performed by repeated measures analysis of variance. The results showed that in the post-test stage, there was a significant difference between the total score of emotion regulation and its dimensions in the three groups (P <0.05). Also, the results showed that in the post-test stage, there is a significant difference between the score of marital conflict and its dimensions in individuals participating in intervention programs with control individuals (P <0.05). This difference was also persistent in the follow-up stage (P <0.05). Also, the results of Ben Foroni post hoc test showed that there is a significant difference in the effectiveness of the two couples therapy methods on dependent variables, so that the effect of acceptance and commitment to cognitive-behavioral method on marital conflict and emotion regulation was more beneficial.

The most common form of violence against women is domestic violence, with the highest probability of repetition and the highest social, psychological and economic consequences, which often occur by the closest people in the family. This study aimed to develop a model for the role of difficulty in emotion regulation and intolerance of anxiety in domestic violence against women considering the mediating role of marital conflict in couples referring to counseling centers in Sanandaj City.

This was a fundamental stady based on descriptive methods. The stady population included all women referring to counseling centers in Sanandaj between 1398 and 1399.Using converience sampling method a total of 300 women were entered into the study. For data collection we used, Domestic Violence Questionnaire against Women by Mohseni Tabrizi et al. (2010), Simmons and Gahr Distress Intolerance Questionnaire (2005), Emotional Regulation Difficulties Questionnaire, and Barati and Sanaei Marital Conflict Questionnaire (1996). Using PLS-3 software, data were analyzed by structural equation model.

The results showed the direct effects of emotion regulation difficulty (8.202), anxiety intolerance (4.081) and marital conflict (641.64) on domestic violence against women. The results also showed indirect effects of emotional regulation difficulty through marital conflict (4.347) and intolerance of anxiety through marital conflict (4.798) on domestic violence against women.

The results showed that marital conflict acts as a mediator.  In fact, it is considered a motivating factor for commiting violence against women.

Women with marital conflict have less resilience in their lives, for this reason, the present study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of the therapeutic package of originality in the three worlds based on Rollo May existential theory on the resilience of women with marital conflict.

Methods and Materials:

 The current research method was quantitative and of the type of quasi-experimental studies and pre-test and post-test design with a control group and a two-month follow-up period. The statistical population of this study included women who refer to the psychological clinics of Isfahan city, from which 26 were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly placed in two experimental and control groups. Resilience questionnaires were used to collect information. The experimental group received the therapeutic package during 14 sessions of 75 minutes, and the control group did not receive any intervention during this period. Data analysis was done with spss-24 software and with the statistical method of analysis of variance with repeated measures and chi-square test at the level of 0.05.

Based on the chi-square test, no significant difference was observed in terms of age, education, and job between the two groups (P <0.05). On the other hand, this educational package has caused a significant increase in the score Subscales of competence, acceptance, trust in instincts and spiritual influences the experimental group compared to the control group (p<0.05).

The results of the research indicate the significant effectiveness of the educational program of originality in the three worlds based on Rollo May existential theory on resilience in women with marital conflict. Therefore, this educational package can be used to promote the resilience of women with marital conflict.

Considering importance of marriage and growing statistics of divorce, methods to decrease marital conflicts and increase marital satisfaction hold great importance. Purpose of this study is to assess the usage of compassion focused therapy on marital conflict in women applying for divorce.

Methods and Materials: 

Method used in this study is semi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and control group. Statistical population constitutes women with marital conflicts, applying for divorce that came to Isfahan city consulting centers in year 2020. This study sample constitutes of 30 women that were chosen with convenience sampling method then put randomly in two groups, 15 women in experiment group and 15 women in control group. All participants filled marital conflict questionnaire Sanaei (MCQ) in pre-test, then experiment group went through 12 sessions (each 90 minutes) of compassion focused therapy package (Gilbert, 2014). Meanwhile control group did not face any intervention. In the end both groups were evaluated again. Data of the study were analyzed with single variant covariance analyze test.

Analyzing data show that, compassion focused therapy is significantly effective in decreasing marital conflicts and its sub-scales (reduction in cooperation and sexual relationship, increasing emotional reactions, increase in attracting children support, increasing personal relationship with relatives and separating financial matters from others) in experiment group (p<0.05).

Considering results of this study it can be said that compassion focused therapy can be effective in decreasing marital conflicts in women applying for divorce, therefore it can be used as a method to decrease divorce.

Marital conflict affects the mental, physical and family health of nurses. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the role of alexithymia, cognitive flexibility and fear of intimacy in predicting marital conflict in nurses

The present study is descriptive-correlational. The statistical population of the present study was all nurses working in the hospitals of Karaj city in 2021, which were selected by the Convenience sampling method from shahidrajaee, Imam ali and Takhtjamshid hospitals 240 people. The Psychological Flexibility Inventory (CFI), the Toronto Emotional Dysfunction Scale (TAS) and the Intimacy Fear Scale (FIS) were used to collect data. The collected data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and multivariate regression analysis in SPSS-24 software.

The results showed that there is a negative and significant relationship between problem solving processing (r = 0.732 and P = 0.001) and control perception (r = -0.616 and P = 0.001) with marital conflict. Between difficulty in identifying emotions (r = 0.593 and P = 0.001), difficulty in describing emotions (r = 0.724 and P = 0.001), objective thinking (r = 0.441 and P = 0.001) and fear of intimacy (r = 0.544 and P = 0.001) have a positive and significant relationship with marital conflict. Also, the results of multiple regression analysis revealed that 68.7% of the variance of marital conflict is explained by alexithymia, cognitive flexibility and fear of intimacy.

According to the results, to reduce nurses' marital conflict, programs can be designed to increase their cognitive flexibility and reduce alexithymia and fear of their intimacy, and implemented through online or offline workshops.

Marital burnout and conflicts are common phenomenon that weaken relationships and increase marital problems.

The purpose of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Schema Therapy on marital burnout and conflicts among applicants for divorce.

The research method was a semi experimental study with pre-test post-test control group design. The statistical population of the study included all divorce applicants in 2020. 45 participants in a block randomization were divided into two intervention groups, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (N=15) and Schema Therapy (N=15), and a control group (N=15). The interventions were performed for both groups through 12 sessions, 90 minutes. The control group did not receive any intervention during this period. The Pains Boredom Scale (1996) and the Sanai Marital Conflict Questionnaire (MCQ-R) were used to collect data. Findings were analyzed by SPSS-20 software using descriptive and inferential statistics.

The results showed that both Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (P<0.01, F=59.78) and Schema Therapy (P<0.01, F=4.40) are effective on marital burnout and marital conflicts. Comparing two interventions also showed that Schema Therapy was more effective than Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on reducing marital burnout (P<0.01, F=13.60) and couples marital conflicts (P<0.01, F=29.93).

According to the results, ACT therapy and schema therapy are important role in reducing marital distress and conflict. Therefore, these methods and other treatment methods should be used to improve marital satisfaction and reduce marital distress and conflict.

Marital conflict is caused by the incompatibility of the couple in the type of needs and the method of satisfying it and irresponsible behavior towards the marital relationship and marriage. One of the treatments can be couple therapy. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of "Systemic-Behavioral Couple Therapy" on self-differentiation and sexual satisfaction in couples with marital conflict.

The method of the present study was quasi-experimental with pre-test design, post-test with control and follow-up groups. The statistical population of this study consisted of couples with marital conflict who referred to 2 health centers of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran in winter of 2020 (due to easier access of researchers to these two centers). The “Marital Conflict Questionnaire Revised” was used to identify conflicting couples. 20 couples (40 people) who had a score of 115 or more than 270 of the total questionnaire, were selected by simple random sampling method and after matching, were divided into two groups of intervention and control. The instruments used in the study included demographic information, "Index of Sexual Satisfaction", “Differentiation of Self Inventory” and “Marital Conflict Questionnaire Revised”. The validity of the instruments was measured by the content validity ratio method and the reliability by the internal consistency method by calculating the Cronbach's coefficient. "Systemic-Behavioral Couple Therapy" was performed on the intervention group in 10 sessions of 90 minutes once a week. The collected data were analyzed in SPSS. 21.

Intervention on female sexual satisfaction (P <0.05, F = 15.00), male sexual satisfaction (P <0.05, F = 12.27), female differentiation (P <0.05, F= 22.51) and male differentiation (P <0/05, F=16.92) was effective and this effect remained stable in the follow-up stage. 

“Systemic-Behavioral Couple Therapy” has been effective in increasing the level of sexual satisfaction and differentiation of each couple. It is suggested to use the above method as a practical and effective treatment method to improve their sexual satisfaction and differentiation in couples with marital conflict.

One of the disabilities and abnormalities of marriage that causes psychological problems, indifference and divorce are marital conflict and the inability to solve conflicts. Considering the role of emotion and emotions in marital life, and considering that Emotional couple therapy approach and Guttman cognitive–systemic couple therapy approach in recent years has been very effective in couple’s therapy, doing comparative research in this regard Determine the strengths and weaknesses of each one more than the other and determine the appropriate treatment for solving couples conflicts. According to researches, a research which compares the effectiveness of these two approaches in the field of balance of affect and harmony–marital dissonance has not been found. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine and compare the efficacy of emotionally focused couple therapy and Gottman's cognitive–systemic couple therapy was on the balance of affect of conflicting couples.

In this research, a semi–experimental design, pre–test and post–test design with two experimental and one control groups were used. The statistical population of this study was all contradictory and disadvantaged couples (Levels 1, 2 and 3) referring to counseling and private psychology centers in 2nd and 5th district of Tehran in 2019. From this community, 60 people were randomly selected and randomly assigned to three groups (20 subjects), Experimental groups 1 and 2 and control group. The criteria for subjects to enter the research were: informed consent to participate in the research; People with a history of 1–10 years of married life; having a marital conflict without legal and judicial action for separation and not being in the process of divorce and settlement and separation; No psychiatric disorder. The criteria for withdrawing the subjects from the research were unwillingness to continue participating in the research and legal action for divorce. In pretest and posttest, Positive and Negative Affect Scales (PANAS) (Watson et al., 1988) was used for each of the three groups. The emotionally focused couple therapy sessions in seven sessions for Experimental group 1 and Gottman’s cognitive–systemic couple therapy in seven session sessions for experimental group 2 were performed, but no intervention was applied to the control group. Data analysis was done using covariance analysis to measure effectiveness and Bonferroni's post hoc test to check the two–by–two difference between the mean scores of the three groups in the post–test in SPSS version 23. The significance level of the tests was 0.05

The results of covariance analysis showed that both groups of emotionally focused couple therapy and the Gottman’s cognitive–systemic couple therapy had a significant effect on the balance of affect (increase of positive affection and negative emotional loss) of conflicting couples (p<0.001). The results of Bonferroni test showed that the efficacy of emotionally focused couple therapy was more than the Gottman’s cognitive–systemic couple therapy (p<0.001).

According to the findings, the emotionally focused couple therapy based on Johnson's theory has a greater effect on couples' affect balance than Guttman's cognitive–systemic couple therapy. Therefore, the emotionally focused couple therapy can be used to increase the affect balance of couples.

If the marital conflict is not resolved, it will cause inefficiency and inability of the couple. Therefore, teaching how to resolve conflict is essential to building a satisfying relationship. Factors that can be effective in marital conflict are family function and distress tolerance. Considering the role of psychological factors in women with marital conflicts and the use of multiple therapies and their effectiveness, and that most studies conducted to reduce conflicts and divorce have had a similar method and form, the psychological package in this research method can be very effective due to the high homogeneity with the existing context. Everything in this package has arisen from the basics of research related to the field and seeks to combine different methods to reduce marital conflict. The effectiveness of a treatment package based on transdiagnostic therapies of the McMaster model focused on compassion and mindfulness are examined in the family function and distress tolerance of women with marital conflict.

This applied research is a quasi–experimental study with a pretest–posttest design, a control group, and a 3–month follow–up. The statistical population of this study comprised all women with marital conflict who were referred to four selected counseling centers in the west of Tehran City, Iran, in the spring of 2019 who answered the Marital Conflict Questionnaire Sanai and Barati (2008). Then, 100 women who obtained the highest scores of marital conflict were chosen. Next, the Family Assessment Device (Epstein et al., 1983) and Distress Tolerance Scale (Simons & Gaher, 2005) were administered to them. Afterward, among eligible individuals, 24 women with a high score on family performance and a low score on distress tolerance volunteered and participated in the study. They were randomly divided into two groups: control and experiment. However, two people from each group dropped out, and the number of each group was reduced to 10. The inclusion criteria included having a high score on the Marital Conflict Questionnaire, being 25 to 45 years old, lacking drug addiction, having at least a diploma, not receiving psychological interventions at the study time, and having passed at least one year since their marriage. The exclusion criteria were an absence of more than two sessions from the therapy package. The experimental group underwent 12 therapy sessions designed based on McMaster transdiagnostic therapies, focused on compassion and mindfulness. The control group did not undergo any intervention. Both groups were followed up three months after the intervention. To analyze the data, in the descriptive statistics section, the central and dispersion indices, including the mean and standard deviation, were used. In the inferential statistics section, the repeated measures analysis of variance and the Bonferroni post hoc test were used. Also, to compare two groups in terms of demographic variables (duration of marriage, age, education), the Chi–square test was used. The aforementioned statistical analyzes were performed in SPSS version 24. The significance level of the tests was considered 0.05.

The analysis of variance of family performance was significant for intragroup (time) (p<0.001) and intergroup (p=0.042) factors. Also, the analysis of the variance of distress tolerance variable for intragroup (time) (p<0.001) and intergroup (p<0.001) factors were significant. Thus, for both variables of family function and distress tolerance, there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups during the research stages, indicating the effect of the intervention. The mean score of family function in the experimental group in the posttest was lower than that in the pretest (p<0.001). Also, family function in the follow–up stage was significantly different from the pretest (p=0.004). There was no significant difference between the posttest and follow–up (p=0.975). The results showed that the distress tolerance scores in the experimental group in the posttest were higher than those in the pretest (p<0.001). In the follow–up stage, there was a significant difference from the pretest (p<0.001). No significant difference was observed between the posttest and follow–up (p=0.981).

Based on the study findings, the designed transdiagnostic package effectively improved family function and distress tolerance of women with marital conflict, and this package can be used to reduce marital conflicts.

The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of emotional focused therapy and acceptance – commitment therapy on self-compassion couples with marital conflict.

Research method was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest and follow-up test with a control group. The statistical population of the women was referring to Tayebad Behzisti counseling centers. The statistical sample included 39 women (13 women of EFT group, 13 women of ACT group and 13 women of control group) who were selected by available sampling method and randomly placed in three groups. For the experimental groups, EFT (during 9 sessions) and ACT (during 8 sessions) were performed and the control group did not receive any intervention. The research instruments included Barati & Sanai’s Marital Conflict Questionnaire, Neff’s Self-Compassion Questionnaire. For data analysis from the analysis of variance with repeated measures and Bonferroni post hoc test was used.

Findings showed that the educational protocol of emotion-oriented therapy had a more significant effect than acceptance-commitment therapy on increasing their self-compassion in women with marital conflict (P <0.001).

According to the findings of the present study, emotion-oriented therapy package can be used to increase their compassion through expressing emotions, empathy with others and criticism in women with marital conflict.

Distress intolerance, difficulty in emotion regulation, and marital conflicts affect the quality of the couples life.

The present study investigated the effectiveness of marital adjustment training on couples distress intolerance, difficulty in emotion regulation, and marital conflict.

The present study was a quasi-experimental study with a control and experimental group. The study sample included thirty couples referring to counseling centers in 2019-2020 that were divided randomly in two experimental and control groups. Afterward, marital adjustment training was provided to the experimental group during eight sessions, and the control group did not receive any intervention. Simmons and Gaher distress tolerance questionnaires, Grotz and Roemer difficulty in emotion regulation, and Sanai and Barati marital conflicts were used in this study. The data were analyzed by covariance using SPSS software version 22.

The results showed marital adjustment training was effective on reducing distress intolerance (f=142.76 and P<0.01), the level of difficulty in emotion regulation (f=146.94 and P<0.01), and marital conflicts (P<0.01 and f=426.21). Accordingly, distress intolerance, difficulty in emotion regulation, and marital conflict were significantly reduced in the treatment group compared with the control group who did not receive any intervention.

The findings indicated that marital adjustment training could be an effective intervention in counseling centers for couples with communicative problems.

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of meta cognitive interpersonal therapy on reduction of perceived pain and marital conflict among couples at  empty nest stage.

The present study was a quasi-experimental research method with pre-test and post-test, control. The statistical population consisted of couple experiencing empty nest stage in Isfahan in 2019. The sampling method was purposive and 16 couples were selected and randomly assigned into two groups (n=16). The experimental group participated in 8 sessions of  meta cognitive interpersonal therapy based training, once a week, for 120 minutes and the control group was on the waiting list. Research tools consisted of Perceived Pain Questionnaire of McGill of Melzack and Revised Marital Conflict Questionnaire (MCQ-R) of Bagher Sanaei   & et al. Univariate analysis of covariance was used to analyze the data.

The results showed that meta cognitive interpersonal therapy significantly improved the mean scores of perceived pain and marital conflict in the experimental group compared to the control group. Therefore, the results showed a reduction in perceived pain and marital conflict in couples in the empty nest stage

The using of meta cognitive interpersonal therapy would be useful for reducing perceived pain and marital conflict.

As an important problem, occupational procrastination is associated with organizational efficiency. Alhough this problem has received lots of attention from researchers, scant research has been conducted on the role of psychological hardiness and marital conflict in Shahrekord university staff. The main purpose of the present research was to predict occupational procrastination based on psychological hardiness and marital conflict in Shahrekord university staff.

This was a descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study. The research population consisted of Shahrekord university staff in 2017. The research sample (n=168) was selected using a convenience sampling method. The tools implemented were Occupational Procrastination Scale (Saffarinia and Amirkhani, 2011), Lang and Goulet Hardiness Scale (2003), and Marital Conflicts Questionnaire of Barati and Sanaei (2006). The obtained data was analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation), Pearson correlation tests, and multiple linear regression analysis.

The results of Pearson correlation showed that the relationships between psychological hardiness and occupational procrastination (r = -0.316, P <0.001), and marital conflict and occupational procrastination (r = 0.511, P<0.001) were significant. The results of multiple linear regression showed that marital conflict (B = 0.347, P<0.001) was predictive of occupational procrastination and explained 27.8% of the variance of occupational procrastination in Shahrekord university staff.

The obtained results showed that the occupational procrastination in Shahrekord university staff can be predicted through marital conflict. Therefore, this variable is recommended to be considered in investigating procrastination in Shahrekord university staff.

Marital conflicts are inevitable, though they are considerably reduced through training and development of social skills. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of integrative behavioral couple therapy on the sexual intimacy and marital burnout of the couples with marital conflicts. 

This was a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental study with a control group and was applied in terms of purpose. The statistical population consisted of all couples with marital conflict in Sanandaj City (30 couples) from March 21 to September 22, 2019, that were divided into two experimental and control groups, each of 15. Batlanichr('39')s sexual intimacy questionnaire and Pinezchr('39') marital burnout questionnaire as the research instruments were completed by the subjects before and after the intervention. The reliability of the questionnaires was assessed by the Cronbachchr('39')s alpha as 0.88. The experimental group was provided with ten 90-min sessions of integrative behavioral couple therapy training, one session per week for two months; however, the control group received no intervention. Data were analyzed by MANCOVA and one-way MANCOVA.

Data analysis showed that integrative behavioral couple therapy significantly improved sexual intimacy and reduced marital burnout of couples (p <0.001).

Integrative behavioral couple therapy as an effective intervention increased sexual intimacy and reduced marital burnout of couples.

This study aimed to examine the model of marital conflict and marital communicational skills as mediatorschr('39') family of origin and marital satisfaction.

This study using was conducted correlative type of simultaneous hierarchical regression in population of female married nurses of public and private hospitals related to Jondi-Shapour University of Medical Sciences. 200 female, married nurses were recruited according to inclusion and exclusion criteria and using voluntary sampling method, and then they responded to Family of Origin Scale, Marital Satisfaction Scale, Kansas Marital Conflict Scale, and Marital Communication Pattern Questionnaire. The data were analyzed using Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient and Simultaneous Hierarchical Regression Analysis by statistical software of SPSS-22.

The results of correlation coefficients showed that there were significant, positive and negative correlations between family of origin, marital communicational skills, and marital conflict with marital satisfaction. Also, the results of the simultaneous hierarchical regression analysis indicated that marital communicational skills significantly, positively and marital conflict significantly, negatively mediated the relationship between family of origin and marital satisfaction.

According to the findings, individualschr('39') previous experiences in their family of origin influence their later lives with their spouses and bequeath a perpetuated effect on their experiences and behavioral patterns.

Early maladaptive schemata can cause different psychological, social, communicative, emotional and marital damages in the people. Therefore, the present study was conducted aiming to investigate the effectiveness of imago therapy on the idealism and inefficient attitudes of the women with marital conflict with early maladaptive schemata.

it was a quasi-experimental study with pretest, posttest and control group design and a two-month follow-up stage. The statistical population of the study included the women with marital conflict with early maladaptive schemata who referred to consultation centers in the city of Tehran in the autumn and winter of 2019-2012. 40 women were selected through purposive sampling method and they were randomly accommodated into experimental and control groups (each group of 20). The experimental group received the imago therapy in ten ninety-minute sessions during two and half months. 5 people from the experimental group were excluded from the study and so were 3 people from the control group. The applied questionnaires in this study included idealism, inefficient attitudes scale, marital conflict questionnaire and early maladaptive questionnaire. The data from the study were analyzed through repeated measurement ANOVA using SPSS 23 software.

The results showed that imago therapy has significant effect on the idealism and inefficient attitudes of the women with marital conflict with early maladaptive schemata (p<0.001). This effect was also stable during the follow-up period.

According to the findings of the study it can be concluded that imago therapy can be used as an efficient method to decrease idealism and inefficient attitude of the women with marital conflicts with early maladaptive schemata through focusing on Investigation of childhood wounds and injuries, control exchange and self-integration.