جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "marital conflict" در نشریات گروه "پزشکی"

Marital conflict is an important factor in family instability, and women often suffer more from marital conflicts. Therefore, paying attention to the components that can help women cope with these challenges is necessary. Among these components are family adaptability and mental well-being, which play a crucial role in addressing the problems within their marital relationships.

This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of the Paradox Time-Table Cure and the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Matrix on family adaptability and mental well-being in women experiencing marital conflicts.

The study used a quasi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test, and follow-up stages. It included 45 women with marital conflicts, divided into two experimental groups (15 each) receiving Acceptance and Commitment Therapy or Paradox Time-Table Cure over ten sessions, and a control group (15) with no intervention. Assessments used the Olson (1985) Family Adaptability Questionnaire and Ryff (2002) Psychological Well-Being Scale, with data analyzed variance repeated measures and post hoc Bonferroni tests.

The findings showed that the Paradox Time-Table Cure and matrix of acceptance and commitment therapy were both effective on family adaptability compared to the control group. However, the efficacy of paradox therapy was higher (p=0.000). Also, the results for the mental well-being variable found only the acceptance and commitment matrix treatment to be effective and the Paradox Time-Table Cure had no effect on this component (p>0.05).

The results showed that both methods of Paradox Time-Table Cure and matrix of acceptance and commitment therapy were effective in increasing family adaptability. But in the component of mental well-being, only the acceptance and commitment treatment matrix had a positive effect.

Couples with marital conflicts have less marital satisfaction and commitment. They enjoy less marital intimacy and are more likely to experience emotional divorce. They cannot regulate their emotions and face many problems in the quality of their marriage. They do not feel happiness in life and become disappointed and frustrated. Among the components that can be considered both the cause and effect of marital conflict is the change in the happiness and hope of the couple. Women with marital conflicts have less happiness and hope in their lives. Therefore, this study was conducted to explore the effectiveness of the developing package therapy of originality in the three worlds based on Rollo May existential theory on the happiness and hope of women with marital conflicts.

The current research method was quasi–experimental, employing a pretest–posttest and a two–month follow–up design with a control group. The statistical population of this study included women referred to the psychological clinics of Isfahan City, Iran, in 2021. They completed the Marital Conflict Questionnaire (Barati & Sanai, 1996), and people with a score greater than 114 in the Marital Conflict Questionnaire were selected as the research sample. Twenty–six qualified volunteers from this population were included in the study. They were selected using convenience sampling and randomly placed in the experimental and control groups. Marital Conflict Questionnaires (Barati & Sanai, 1996), the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (Hills & Argyle, 2002), and Miller's Hope Scale (Miller & Powers, 1988) were used to collect study information. The experimental group received the therapeutic package during fourteen 75–minute sessions, and the control group did not receive any intervention during this period. Data analysis was done in SPSS–24 software, performing a Chi–square test, analysis of variance with repeated measures, and paired comparison test at a significance level of 0.05.

 Based on the Chi–square test results, no significant difference was observed in terms of age (p= 0.695), education (p=0.725), and job (p=0.691) between the two study groups. The research results showed that the therapeutic package of originality in the three worlds based on Rollo May existential theory significantly increased the happiness and hope scores in the experimental group (p<0.001). Also, the therapeutic package had a significant effect on the dimensions of happiness, including satisfaction with life, efficiency, sense of pleasure, self–esteem, sociability, and well–being (p<0.001). In addition, the results indicated the persistence of the treatment package in the follow–up phase for the variables of happiness (p=0.421) and hope (p=0.372).

The research results indicate the significant effectiveness of the therapeutic program of originality in the three worlds based on Rollo May existential theory on increasing happiness and hope in women with marital conflicts. Therefore, this therapeutic package can promote the happiness and hope of women with marital conflicts.

Marital conflicts are open oppositions that cause differences of opinion and communication problems between spouses. Marital conflicts create essential challenges for couples and their families and have negative consequences for couples. Among the factors that are affected by conflicts in the marital relationship are family resilience and marital happiness. The increase in marital conflicts and their adverse effects on family resilience, marital happiness, and the mental health of couples and children has made researchers realize that they should find ways to strengthen marital relations. One of the interventions that can be used to reduce marital problems in couples is fairness–oriented contextual therapy. Counselors and psychotherapists have always considered the choice of an effective therapeutic approach in improving family functions. This research aimed to determine the efficacy of fairness–based contextual therapy on family resilience and marital happiness of couples with marital conflict.

The research method was quasi–experimental with a pretest–posttest and three–month follow–up design with a control group. The statistical population of the present study included all conflicting couples referred to the Happy Life and Mobin Counseling Center in Tabriz City, Iran, in 2023–2024. Among these couples, a sample of 32 legitimate volunteers was selected by purposive sampling. Then, they were randomly assigned into experimental and control groups (16 people in each group). The inclusion criteria for the research were referring to a psychology clinic intending to resolve marital conflict, having at least a diploma, living together with a spouse at the time of conducting the research until its completion, and being willing to participate in the study and continuing treatment sessions, and lacking abuse drugs and acute and chronic psychological disorders. For the experimental group, 10 fairness–based contextual therapy sessions were held in groups, 60–minute sessions per week for ten weeks. During this period, the control group did not receive any intervention. We used the Family Resilience Scale (Sikbi, 2005) and the Marital Happiness Questionnaire (Azrin et al., 1973) for data collection. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to describe the data. Descriptive statistics included mean and standard deviation. Regarding inferential statistics, variance analysis with repeated measures and Bonferroni post hoc test were used to compare the means between the stages of the research. Data analysis was done using SPSS software version 26. The significance level of the tests was considered 0.05.

The effects of time, group, and the interaction of time*group on the scores of family resilience and marital happiness variables were significant (p<0.001). The significant difference in the average scores between the pretest and posttest stages, as well as pretest and follow–up for the variables of marital happiness and family resilience in the experimental group, indicated a significant increase in scores in the posttest and follow–up compared to the pretest (p=0.001). While regarding the variables of marital happiness (p=0.130) and family resilience (p=1.000) in the experimental group, no significant difference was observed between the posttest and the follow–up, which indicated the stability of the treatment effects over time.

According to the results, fairness–based contextual therapy effectively increases marital happiness and family resilience. Therefore, counselors and couple therapists may use this treatment to improve family resilience and marital happiness.

Marital instability is one of the challenges of marital relationships that can be affected by various factors. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between traumatic childhood experiences and marital instability with the mediating role of dark and borderline personality traits in married women.

The descriptive-correlation research method was the structural equation model type. The statistical population of the research included married women in Rasht city in 2024. The statistical sample of this research was considered to be 200 people and the people were selected as convince sampling. In this research, the Measuring Marital Instability (MMI), Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), borderline personality Inventory (BPI), and Dark Triad Dirty Dozen (DTDD). The data were analyzed using SPSS and AMOS software version 24 and the structural equation modeling method.

The results showed that traumatic childhood experiences (β=0.528) predict marital instability. Borderline personality traits (β=0.351) predict marital instability. Narcissism (β=-0.124), Machiavellianism (β=-0.089), and antisociality (β=0.134) do not predict marital instability (P>0.05). Traumatic childhood experiences predict narcissism (β=0.543), Machiavellianism (β=0.630), and antisocial behavior (β=0.610). Traumatic childhood experiences predict borderline personality traits (β=0.833). Traumatic childhood experiences with the mediating role of borderline personality traits (β=0.29) predict marital instability. Traumatic childhood experiences with the mediating role of dark personality traits (narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy) do not predict marital instability (P>0.05). The results also showed that the research variables explained 67% of the variance of marital instability of married women.

As a result, borderline personality traits can play a mediating role in the relationship between traumatic childhood experiences and marital instability, and dark personality traits cannot play a mediating role in the relationship between traumatic childhood experiences and marital instability.

Nowadays, it is clear to everyone the positive effects of sports activities as a non-pharmacological method. Therefore, this study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of eight weeks of exercise training in water on marital conflicts and emotional self-regulation of inactive veterans in Ilam city. The method of this research is a quasi-experimental type of pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the research is all the veterans of Ilam city, of which 28 people were selected as a sample using available and voluntary sampling in two experimental (14 people) and control (14 people) groups. Sports exercises in water were held with the experimental group for 8 weeks, 3 sessions per week and 70 minutes each session. During this period, the control group did not participate in any specific exercise program. Two library and field methods were used to collect data; in this way, in order to collect the background and theoretical foundations of the research, the library method was used, and to collect data, two standard questionnaires of marital conflicts by Sanaei Zaker and Barati (2008) and emotional self-regulation by Hoffman and Kashdan (2010) were used. Validity and reliability were also confirmed. In order to analyze the data, Univariate covariance and Multivariate covariance statistical tests were used with the help of SPSS version 24 software. The results of the research showed that there is a significant difference between the two experimental and control groups (at a 95% confidence level) after exercise training in water in the variable of emotional self-regulation, but no significant difference was observed in the variable of marital conflicts. Therefore, exercise training in water has a significant effect on the emotional self-regulation of the experimental group, but it does not have a significant effect on marital conflicts. Exercise training in water improves the emotional self-regulation of veterans; therefore, Martyr Foundation and Veterans Affairs of Ilam can use this method of intervention in order to improve the emotional self-regulation of veterans.

 The present study designed to investigate the effect of teaching the philosophical foundations of tolerance on marital satisfaction and positive feelings towards the spouse in Hakim Sabzevari University in Sabzevar.

 The present study is apply in terms of purpose and is a type of survey research. This research conducted as a quasi-experimental study. In order to conduct the research, pre-test and post-test methods with a control group used. The statistical population in this study includes all married employees of Hakim Sabzevari University in Sabzevar. The number of married staff of this university was 150. Regular random sampling performed sampling. In this method, the researcher calculates the sampling distance instead of using a list of random numbers. Accordingly, since in this study, the population includes 150 couples, and we intend to select 34 couples, the sampling distance calculated to be 4.41. For this purpose, the pre-test performed first. The pre-test performed with the aim of first examining the level of marital satisfaction and positive feelings towards the spouse in couples in order to determine the rate of change in satisfaction and positive feelings in couples after teaching the basics of tolerance. There was a gap of about four months between the pre-test and post-test stages. The break was so that couples could apply what they had learned in the training sessions to their married life. The basis for selecting couples to enter the tolerance training course, teams who have obtained a score above the average in the general health test (GHQ) and the selection criteria for leaving the class, couples absent for more than two sessions.  During this period, the couples of the experimental group provided with counselling services in this field with the help of family counsellors. The experimental group then receives six 90-minute sessions of teaching the philosophical foundations of tolerance as a group and twice a week with daily exercises and homework. However, the control group does not receive any training.

 The results of Mankova analysis on the mean of post-test scores of positive feelings for the spouse and marital satisfaction of the experimental and control subjects with pre-test showed a significant difference between the experimental and control groups terms of dependent variables. Therefore, there is a significant difference between the two groups in at least one dependent variable. To find out the difference, two one-way analysis of variance performed in Mancoe text. There was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in terms of dependent variables.

 The present study showed that teaching the basics of tolerance and tolerance had increased positive feelings towards the spouse and marital satisfaction.

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.

Effective communication is the foundation of a healthy and successful family. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy” (ACT) and "Compassion Focused Therapy" (CFT) and " Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Enriched with Compassion " on communication patterns of married women suffering from depression and marital conflicts referred to counseling and psychological centers in Mashhad. 

The method of the current research was semi-experimental of type pre-test, post-test and follow-up with a control group. The statistical population of the study included married women suffering from depression and marital conflicts who referred to counseling and psychological centers in Mashhad in 2019. 60 people were selected by sampling in convenience method. Then by simple randomization (lottery), they were divided into 4 groups: "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy", "Compassion-Focused Therapy", "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Enriched with Compassion " and the control group. (15 people in each group). Data collection instruments were demographic questionnaire, “Communication Patterns Questionnaire”, “Beck Depression Inventory-II” and “Marital Conflict Questionnaire”. Content validity was calculated by qualitative method and reliability by internal consistency method by calculating Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the instruments. The first intervention group received "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy" and the second intervention group "Compassion-Focused Therapy" and the third intervention group "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Enriched with Compassion" in 8 90-minute training sessions, and the control group was on the waiting list for received intervention. Data analysis was done with SPSS. 21.

There is a significant difference between the pre-test, post-test and follow-up communication patterns in the intervention and control groups (P<0/01). The results of the Bonferroni pairwise comparison test indicate that the significance level of the test of all 3 intervention groups with the control group is less than 0.05 (P<0/01) and this difference is more for the "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Enriched with Compassion" group. 

"Acceptance and Commitment Therapy" and “Compassion Focused Therapy" and "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Enriched with Compassion" are effective on communication patterns and "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Enriched with Compassion" has been more effective in improving communication patterns over time. Therefore, it is suggested that the principles of this type of therapy be used in cultural and family centers such as family cultural centers of the country to prevent conflict in the future relationships of couples by using short-term training courses.

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.

 Marriage is one of the most important interpersonal relationships that many people experience and it is a social institution based on which a man and a woman decide to live together as a couple through a legal, religious and moral obligation. They get married based on specific goals and wish to experience a stable and satisfying life. But when couples live a stable and satisfying life, they also experience conflicts in their life together. Marital conflicts are one of the common problems of couples and is due to the inconsistency of the couple in the type of their desires and expectations. Communication beliefs are also one of the factors that affect couples' relationship and according to Beck (1970) when our irrational beliefs decrease and logical beliefs replace them, marital satisfaction and compatibility will also increase. As long as couples are not aware that these thoughts are irrational and are somehow accustomed to these beliefs, they downplay and ignore their role in creating marital problems.Also, one of the effective factors in women's mental health in the process of marital life is their satisfactory sexual desires and reactions, which include physiological, psychosocial, developmental and sexual response dimensions. Understanding this cognition is problematic due to the specific research limitations, but the durability and stability of an important part of the marital relationship according to the values and norms approved by society, depends on sexual intercourse (frequency and type) between men and women and the couple talk about sex , Sexual desires and preferences and the discovery of other sexual preferences, have a great impact on establishing a marital relationship. Self-expression, which means "the ability to express feelings, thoughts and beliefs, and to defend one's rights in logical ways," has three dimensions of the power to express emotions; The power to articulate good and bad beliefs and thoughts and to make strong and clear decisions is the power to stand up for one's rights and not allow others to harm or abuse one's personal weakness. Obviously, not expressing feelings and emotions, in many cases, causes long-term sexual problems.Therefore, one of the interventions that can be used and researched in the case of people with marital conflicts is the emotional security model. The results of a study showed that emotional security training has a significant effect on women's marital conflict and its dimensions. Other findings of this study showed that emotional security training affects both dimensions of will and mental well-being neuropathy. In addition, in the case of emotion-oriented couple therapy, which is a method that is close to and somewhat overlaps with the method of emotional security, the results of Davarnia et al.'s(2014)research showed that emotion-based couple therapy training has reduced women's marital burnout. In fact, emotional security training focuses on increasing effective feelings about attachment, moderating self-esteem, and relieving oneself of unpleasant emotions such as shame. Weber is effective in increasing the emotion of happiness and reducing marital conflict.Therefore, considering the effect of emotional security training on couples' emotions and attachment, the important role of women in the family and their impact on other family members and the importance that marital beliefs, expression and sexuality can play in women's marital conflicts. Researchers and psychotherapists in Iran have not paid much attention to these preventive methods, including teaching emotional security to couples, and these methods need more scientific study. As a result, the question of the present study is whether emotional security training has a significant effect on marital beliefs, expression and sexual activity in women with marital conflicts?

In this quasi-experimental study, 50 women with marital conflicts were selected by the purposive sampling method and randomly divided into experimental and control groups. Eight 90-minute sessions were held for the experimental group for 4 weeks and the control group did not receive any intervention during this period. Participants were measured by the Barati and Sanai (1996) Marital Conflict Questionnaire, the Idelson-Epstein (1982) Communication Beliefs, the Halbert Sexual Index (1992), and the Rosen et al. (2000) Sexual Performance Index.

The results of analysis of covariance, repeated measures test, and Bonferroni post hoc test showed that the scores of beliefs about Marital Relationship among the experimental group decreased significantly, but in the control group there was no significant decrease and the scores of Sexual Expressiveness and function among The experimental group had a significant increase, but in the control group there was no significant increase, so there is a significant difference between the experimental and control groups. The follow-up results also showed that the effect of educational intervention was still stable.

The results of this study showed that emotional safety training has a significant effect on beliefs about marital relationship,sexual expressiveness ,sexual function in the experimental group who received the educational intervention, compared with the control group who did not receive educational intervention Significant changes were experienced in the dependent variables and also the follow-up results showed that the effect of educational intervention in the experimental group was still stable. Therefore, the hypotheses were confirmed. As a result, based on the evidence of the present study, this educational program can be used to improve the beliefs about marital relationships and sexual expressiveness and function in women with marital conflicts. The Emotional safety training Training Program helps couples become aware of each other's perceptions by providing awareness of their beliefs and perceptions in the relationship. It then uses behavioral techniques (active listening and empathy) to create a healthier perception and clearer relationships.Teaching Behavioral Techniques Increases Positive Interactions such as Identifying and Expressing Emotions, Expressing Needs and Desires Instead of Expecting Mindfulness, Apologizing, and Forgiving When Angering, and Managing Conflict Instead of Withdrawing Couples' relationships become clearer, resulting in negative beliefs. Marital relationships are improved and marital conflicts are reduced.People also learn to increase their verbal and non-verbal interactions, to show sexual self-expression, including touching, hugging and kissing in relation to their spouse, and to express their thoughts and desires and be more physically close.Therefore, although these trainings do not deal directly with sexuality, but by promoting self-esteem, reducing negative emotions such as shame and increasing positive emotions and expressing them, the ground for increasing women's sexual activity is provided. The main limitation of this study is the taboo nature of sexual issues in society, and for this reason, some participants were cautious in their answers. Therefore, it is suggested that other researchers use this type of research with other effective intervention strategies on beliefs about Marital Relationship, Sexual Expressiveness and function in women with marital conflicts.

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.

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.

The family is one of the most important social institutions based on marriage. The issue of marriage is one of the most fundamental issues of human society and the first sprouts of communication between generations appear in the family. Emotional relationships, love, affection, and empathy in the family ensure the mental health of individuals and the upliftment of human beings. But one of the biggest social problems in today's human society is family conflicts; therefore, addressing the issue of marital conflict to achieve prevention strategies is one of the most important necessities of family education. Marital conflict can be defined as the dissatisfaction of at least one couple with the relationship, which increases rapidly. The existence of marital conflicts between couples is inevitable and conflicts in couples' relationships are one of the consequences of harm in the family and a common phenomenon. Although the family gives its members a sense of security and peace, marital conflicts weaken relationships, increase marital problems, and do not meet the natural needs of couples. On the other hand, couples' expectations towards marriage and married life play an important role in marital conflicts, and the problems that arise through marital conflict cause irreparable damage to the family body. As a result, the need to strengthen family life and its stability and durability is the type of attitude and interaction of couples with each other, and communication beliefs are among the factors that affect the relationship between couples. Awareness and knowledge of couples of their role in creating a healthy and fruitful relationship are of particular importance; But sometimes, after a while, a couple or both of them may have doubts about the depth and shape of their relationship; Because they do not see the necessary harmony in the psychological distances between the beliefs of marital relations (their expectations from life) and the realities of their marital life, and they feel frustration and marital exhaustion. However, one of the most damaging factors that threaten marital life and its stability is that irrational and romantic beliefs enter the couple's life after marriage. Research has shown that high levels of irrational communication beliefs are associated with low levels of marital satisfaction. One of the biggest social problems in today's society is family conflicts; therefore, addressing the issue of marital conflict to achieve prevention strategies is one of the most important necessities of family education. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of sex enrichment training on marital relationship beliefs, expression, and sexual activity in women with marital conflicts.

In this quasi-experimental study, 50 women with marital conflicts were selected by the purposive sampling method and randomly divided into experimental and control groups. Eight 90-minute sessions were held for the experimental group for 4 weeks and the control group did not receive any intervention during this period. Participants were measured by the Barati and Sanai (1996) Marital Conflict Questionnaire, the Idelson-Epstein (1982) Communication Beliefs, the Halbert Sexual Index (1992), and the Rosen et al. (2000) Sexual Performance Index.

The results of analysis of covariance, repeated measures test, and Bonferroni post hoc test showed that the scores of marital relationship beliefs among the experimental group decreased significantly, but in the control group there was no significant decrease and the scores of expression and sexual activity among The experimental group had a significant increase, but in the control group there was no significant increase, so there is a significant difference between the experimental and control groups. The follow-up results also showed that the effect of educational intervention was still stable.

The results of this study showed that sex enrichment training has a significant effect on marital beliefs, expression, and sexual activity in the experimental group who received the educational intervention, compared with the control group who did not receive educational intervention Significant changes were experienced in the dependent variables and also the follow-up results showed that the effect of educational intervention in the experimental group was still stable. Therefore, the hypotheses were confirmed. As a result, based on the evidence of the present study, this educational program can be used to improve the beliefs about marital relationships and the sexual expression and sexuality of women with marital conflicts. The Sex Enrichment Training Program helps couples reduce their communication problems by teaching them expressive speaking and listening skills. According to experts, in the approach of enriching sex, change and improvement are the results of the clients' own work, and the clients can overcome problems by acquiring special skills. As a result, in this training program, people are taught skills that can help people to achieve a healthy and happy life. Marital life combined with sexual intimacy requires skills that people in the family may not learn. In this training, conflict resolution skills and conversation skills are taught, and this training causes good couples to learn to listen and establish a good relationship with each other. This good listening skill reduces the couple's misunderstanding. In fact, enriching marital education leads to the growth of the marital relationship in a positive direction. People are also taught the skills to focus on their emotions and the feelings of their husbands, which results in the promotion of sexual intimacy and the ability to express sexual needs and desires by women and ultimately increase their sexual expression. The main limitation of this study is the taboo nature of sexual issues in society, and for this reason, some participants were cautious in their answers. Therefore, it is suggested that other researchers use this type of research with other effective intervention strategies on marital relationship beliefs, expression, and sexual activity in women with marital conflicts.

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.