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Volume 14, Issue 53 (4-2015)
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Seyyedeh Faeze Sajjadi - Rasool Rowshan The purpose of this research was to study the effectiveness of communication skills on improving the perspective on love and marital disenchantment. The current research was semi-experiential and involved pretest and posttest with control group. The target population included all female marriage students at Mashad Medical University who were present at campus dormitory at the beginning of summer 2014. Forty individuals were selected through purposeful sampling. Selected individuals participated in ten 90-minute (twice weekly) supervised training. Research tools included Paynz Marital Disenchantment and Hendrik and Hendrik attitutes towards love. Data from single-variable and multi-variable covariance analysis were analyzed. Results showed a meaningful difference between the behavior of the two groups (p<0.0001). Additionally, communication skills seemed to improve perspective towards love and marital disenchantment.
Nafise Soufy, Yaser Madani, Somaye Shaahmoradi,
Volume 20, Issue 78 (8-2021)
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Aim: The present study was conducted to study the lived experiences of graduate students in the field of counseling and to examine the influence of their education process on their views on marriage and marital relationships. Methods: The method of this research was qualitative and phenomenological in type. Participants in this study were 16 graduate students, selected through purposeful sampling. Data collection was done through semi-structured interviews. Findings: In the dimension of positive experiences, 4 main themes were obtained that included raising awareness, growing awareness of personal abilities, improving interpersonal communication skills, and experiences around marriage. Finally, the following themes of the main categories are understood: self-awareness, increasing awareness of other people's personality traits, growing self-confidence, feeling beneficial, improvement of family and social relationships, achieving a systemic view in the family, increasing empathy, control emotions, changes in attitudes toward premarital acquaintance and emphasis on premarital counseling, new attitudes about marriage, importance of awareness about premarital counseling, and changes in gender stereotypes (in male participants). In the dimension of negative experiences, the main themes included experiences related to the phenomenon of marriage and negative effects on relationships. The following themes were extracted: decreased emotional excitement about the partner, increased sensitivity and obsession in relationships, change in attitudes toward men (on the part of female participants), creating a sense misunderstanding in family and social relationships due to differences in the level of knowledge, and existence of some level of irrational expectations from graduates in this field. Conclusion: According to the findings, the lived experience of participants showed that studying counseling can influence the personal life and perspective about marriage and marital relationships from different aspects.
Naser Norozi, Alireza Hajiyakhchali, Manijhe Shehniyailagh, ,
Volume 23, Issue 90 (6-2024)
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Aim: The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of future perspective education on goal orientation and academic hope in 11th grade male students of Baghmalek city (Iran). Methods: The current experimental research design included a pre-test and post-test experiment with a control group. The population of this research included all 11th grade male students in Baghmalek city in the academic year of 1400-1401 (persian calendar). Among these individuals, 48 persons who met the criteria for entering the research were selected through multi-stage random sampling method and were placed in two experimental (n=24) and control (n=24) groups. In this research, Goal Orientation Questionnaire and Education Hope Questionnaire were used. After the pre-test, the experimental group received the educational perspective of the future vision during nine 60 to 90 minutes sessions. Then a post-test was taken from both groups. Findings: The results of multivariate and univariate covariance analysis showed that future perspective education had a significant effect on the dimensions of goal orientation (dominant, dominant-avoidant, performance-oriented and performance-avoidant) and academic hope in 11th grade male students (p > 0.005). Conclusion: In general, the results of this research showed that teaching the future perspective is effective on goal orientation and educational hope and can be used to improve the academic hope and goal orientation of 11th grade male students.
