Journal of counseling research

Comparison of the Efficacy of Integrative Couple Therapy and Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy on marital intimacy injured by wife infidelity in Couples

Ozra Etemadi

Purpose: This research was conducted to examine the efficacy of the integrative couple therapy and emotionally focused on increasing marital intimacy injured by wife infidelity (male).

Method: The research method was Semi experimental (pre-test, post-test, and follow-up) using two experimental groups and one control group. The study population included all couples involved with the issue of marital infidelity (male) referred to one of three regional counseling centers in Isfahan in 1394. To investigate research assumptions, 24 couples were selected through available sampling, and placed randomly in the Integrative Couple Therapy (8 couples), Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (8 couples) and control group (8couples). For data collection, Marital Intimacy Questionnaire by Olia, Fatehizadeh and Bahrami (2006) was applied. Two experimental groups participated in 8 session's couple therapy, the control groups was not exposed to any intervention. Data were analyzed by analysis of variance with repeated measures.

Results: The results showed that between couples of each experimental groups and control group in marital intimacy and its dimensions (emotional, intellectual, physical, social- recreation, contact, spiritual, psychological, sexual, general) there are significant differences (P≤0/05). The results also showed that two approaches, both on the post-test and on the follow up test, are almost identical in increasing general marital intimacy (P<0/05). While, emotionally focused couple therapy, both on the post-test and on the follow up test, is more effective than integrative couple therapy on increasing marital intimacy in dimensions of emotional, intellectual, contact, spiritual and sexual.

Conclusion: The results indicated that integrative couple therapy and emotionally focused couple therapy can reduce communication problems caused by betrayed wife.

The Role of Cognitive Avoidance Components and Metacognitive Belief in the Prediction of Spouses Emotional Divorce.

Hamid Reza Samadi Fard

Background: Emotional divorce is considered as the most important factor in the rupture of the most fundamental structure of society, namely the family. This study aimed to investigate the role of cognitive avoidance components and metacognitive belief in the prediction of Spouses emotional divorce. Methods: The study statistical population consisted of all Spouses in Ardabil city in 2015. 120 people (60 married Spouses) were selected as the statistical sample using the convenience sampling. Data were collected through cognitive avoidance scale (Dugas & Sextons, 2004), MCQ-30 metacognitive belief scale (wells & Cartwright-Hatton, 2004), and Gutman's emotional divorce scale (2008). Research data were analyzed by Independent t test, Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression methods. Findings: The study results showed there is not meaningful difference among emotional divorce of men and women (p<0.05). Also, that a significant positive relationship exists between cognitive avoidance components and Spouses emotional divorce (p<0.05). In addition, a significant negative relationship existed between metacognitive belief and Spouses emotional divorce (p<0.05). Beta coefficients for predictor variables indicated that thoughts repression (15%), thoughts succession (13%), distractions (16%), changing image to thought (40%), and metacognitive belief (-14%) have significantly predictive capability of Spouses emotional divorce (p<0.05). Conclusion: Thus, it can be concluded that cognitive avoidance components and metacognitive belief are considered as the variables related to Spouses emotional divorce and have predictive capability of it.

Prediction of marital burnout based on emotional expressivness and marital attributions in married people referring to the welfare organization in Ardabil

Ahmadreza kiani Chalmari

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to predict the marital burnout on emotional expressivness and marital attributions in married people referring to the welfare organization in Ardabil. Method: Statistical population comprised of all married people referring to the welfare organization in Ardabil in 1394, from this population, 150 married people were selected using convenience sampling method. The used tools were Marital Burnout Questionnaire, Emotional expressivness Questionnaire and marital attributions Questionnaire. Data analysis was performed through Pearson’s correlation coefficient and regression analysis. Results: The findings showed a positive significant correlation between marital of attributions and Expressiveness negative with marital burnout and significant negative correlation between Positive expressiveness and Express intimacy with marital burnout. The results of regression analysis also revealed that 63% of the total variance of marital burnout can be explained by marital attributions and 71% by Emotional expressivness. Conclusion: Therefore, considering the importance of marital burnout of married people and role of Emotional expressivness and marital attributions to predict it, paying attention to informing people about the attributions of communication and emotional expressiveness is necessary.

Study the effectiveness of Training life skills on self efficacy and increaseof happiness of Female highschool students in four region of education in esfahan city

Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of life skills teaching on self-efficacy and increase of happiness on female high school students in forth districts of education in Isfahan city . Methods: we consider semd-euperimental pretest post-test control group for this study by using cluste stamping to student as statistical population in this way a female high school were selected at first and 100 people were selected randomly and guestionnaiv were distributed between them and experimental group receive.life skills for ten 90-minute sessions .It was selected a lot of 40students (20female experimental group and 20 in control group) that have more problems in this area randomly.

For data collection It is used from oxford happiness questionnaire and Shirer happiness questionnaire. for analyze of data we use from covariance. finding of research shows that life skills training have a significant impact on self-efficacy and happiness of students and increase them. Conclusion: by life skill teaching a person will be able to achieve knowledge about his abilities and control stressful situatiions as a result he receive sence of satisfaction fram himself and his environment and feel mor happiness.

Preschool children’s’ career needs Assessment

mohammadreza abedi

The purpose of this study was to explore the needs of preschool children’s’ career in year of 2014-15 in Isfahan city. The design was exploratory-descriptive. In this study 377 preschool children’s’ parents selected by using multistage cluster sampling. Data was collected by preschool children’s’ career needs questionnaire with 91 items(khorasani, 2015). The questionnaire reliability coefficient was 0/96 based on Cronbach’s alpha coefficient and the content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed. The analysis of data was by descriptive statistics and analysis of independent sample T test by using SPSS-18. After analysis of descriptive data, preschool children’s career needs obtained in order of priority: Attachment and emotional support, career confidence, career control, the effect of parental role models, career self-awareness, career concern/curiosity, increasing parents’ knowledge of children’s career. Also the results indicated that there was no significant differences between both genders and both age ranges(5-6 and 6-7) in priority of preschool children’s career needs (p<0/05). Implications for career development efforts and preschool children’s’ career education suggested.

The Effectiveness of Social Competence Training based on Felner Model on Resilience and Rate of Victimization of Students Who Are Bullying Victims

The aim of present research was to study effectiveness of social competence training based on Flener model on resilience and rate of victimization of students who are bullying victims. Research design was a quasi-experimental method along with pre-test/post-test and control group. The population consisted of girl victims who were studying at 7th and 8th grade in first stage of secondary school. Sample consisted of 96 victim students that first were screened and then were randomly assigned to experimental (n=46) and control (n=46) groups. California Bullying Victimization and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scales were used. Social competence training was conducted in 12 sessions during six weeks for experimental group and control group received no training. The results of multivariate analysis of covariance indicated that the training is effective on increase of resilience and on decrease of the rate of victimization of victims. These results have important implications for officials and consultants in helping to bullying victims and in decrease of bad effects of bullying phenomenon on these students.