transactional analysis

Supporting the family foundation is a matter of high importance in various societies. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of structural family therapy and transactional analysis therapy on marital satisfaction in couples with marital dissatisfaction.

This semi-experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design with a control group and follow-up 2 months. The statistical population was all the couples with marital dissatisfaction in Shiraz City in the summer and autumn of 2023. Then, 150 couples with marital dissatisfaction were introduced. Among the 150 couples examined, 45 couples were eligible by simple randomization in three groups, including the structural family therapy experimental group (15 couples), the transactional analysis therapy experimental group (15 couples) and the control group (15 couples). Then, experimental groups underwent structural family therapy (10 sessions 90 minutes) and transactional analysis therapy (10 sessions 90 minutes), and the control group remained on the waiting list and did not receive training. To collect data Enrich marital satisfaction questionnaire in pre-test, post-test, and follow-up, repeated measures analysis of variance was used with SPSS version 28 software to analyze the data.

The results showed that both interventions significantly affected marital satisfaction (P<0.05). In addition, the results of Bonferroni post hoc test showed that structural family therapy is more effective than transactional analysis therapy on marital satisfaction (P<0.05).

: Based on the results of the present study, it can be said that structural family therapy and transactional analysis therapy can be used as a treatment method to on marital satisfaction in couples with marital dissatisfaction and priority of use in in increase marital satisfaction is with structural family therapy.

Adolescence is one of the most sensitive stages of human development, and enough attention should be paid to the psychological problems of this stage. To this end, the present study aims to compare the effectiveness of psychodrama and transactional analysis on anger in male adolescents.

This semi-experimental study was performed based on a pre-test, post-test, and follow-up design with a control group. The target population consisted of all third grade male students in ordinary public junior high schools in Khorramdareh in the academic year 2019-2020. In total, 30 Male students were selected using an available sampling method and randomly divided into three groups. Members of both experimental groups received their treatment in eight 90-minute sessions. The control group did not receive any treatment. The research instrument was the Nelson Children and Adolescents Anger Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using a two-way repeated measures ANOVA and the Bonferroni post-hoc test.

In the pre-test stage, mean and standard deviation of the scores was 99.20±14.57 in the psychodrama group, 93.70±10.36 in the transactional analysis, and 96.90±14.28 in the control group. Compared to the control group, psychodrama and interaction behavior analysis reduced male adolescent anger in the post-test (p<0.001). At the follow-up stage, the effect of these two treatments on anger was lasting (p<0.001). The effect of transactional analysis on male adolescent anger in the post-test phase was greater than that of psychodrama (p=0.014).

According to the results of this study, psychodrama and transactional analysis can be effective in reducing aggression in adolescent boys. These interventions can be used to reduce adolescent aggression.

Infertile women face many problems in their personal lives and infertility is accompanied with many psychological injuries including increased stress, which requires to the use of psychological interventions. Therefore, present research aimed to comparing the effectiveness of reality therapy and transactional analysis approach on stress coping strategies in infertile women.

Present study was semi-experimental with pretest and posttest design with control group. The research population was infertile women who referred to Avicenna infertility clinic of Tehran city in 2018 year. The research sample was 45 people who were selected by purposive sampling method and randomly replaced in three equal groups (15 people in each group). Each experimental group separately trained 10 sessions of 90 minutes with the methods of reality therapy and transactional analysis approach and the control group did not receive any training. Data were collected with using demographic information form and Andler and Parker stress coping strategies scale and analyzed by methods of chi-square, multivariate analysis of covariance and Bonferroni post hoc in SPSS software version 22.

The findings showed that the experimental and control groups did not significant different in terms of age, education and duration of infertility (P>0.05). Also, both methods of reality therapy and transactional analysis approach led to significant increase the problem-orientation and significant decrease the emotion-orientation and avoidance strategies in infertile women (P<0.001), but between two methods there was no significant difference in improving their stress coping strategies (P>0.05).

The results showed the effectiveness both methods of reality therapy and transactional analysis approach on increasing the problem-orientation and decreasing the emotion-orientation and avoidance strategies in infertile women. As a result, clinical psychologists and therapists can use from both methods along with other treatments methods to reduce psychological injuries especially to improve stress coping strategies.

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of transactional analysis (TA) on the improvement of communication skills, conflict resolution, and rejection sensitivity in couples referred to counseling centers in Masjed Soleyman, Iran.

This experimental research had a pretest-posttest design, as well as a control group and a follow-up. The statistical population included all couples referred to counseling centers in 2019. Overall, four counseling centers were selected randomly, from which 20 couples (40 individuals) were randomly selected and divided into three groups of test and control (10 couples per group). The participants in the test groups attended 10 one-hour-and-a-half educational sessions while the subjects in the control group received no education. Data were collected using Queendom communication skills inventory (CSTR), Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire (RSQ), and Marital Conflicts Questionnaire (MCQ). In addition, data analysis was performed using repeated measures multivariate analysis of variance.

In this study, TA had a positive effect on the variables of communication skills, conflict resolution, and rejection sensitivity in the couples (P<0.05).

According to the results of the study, TA was recognized as an effective method that could improve communication skills, conflict resolution, and rejection sensitivity in couples.