نوع مقاله : علمی - پژوهشی
عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
The present study is aimed at examining how effective group therapy with the monotheist integrated approach is compared to emotion-focused therapy upon augmentation of the positive feelings of married women towards their mates. The research design was semi-experimental, with pre-tests and post-tests and a 3-month follow-up. The sample comprised 45 married women who came for therapeutic attention to Peyvand Family Counseling Center affiliated with Parent-Teacher Association in Naqadeh, Iran. They were selected through the convenience sampling technique and assigned randomly to three 15-member groups of monotheist integrated therapy, emotion-focused therapy, and a control group. Then the members of the first two groups (experimental groups) attended the group therapy sessions. The measuring instrument was the Positive Feelings Questionnaire (PFQ) administered three times: before and after the sessions and three months after the end of the intervention. Two-way variance analysis showed that the positive feelings of members of both groups towards their husbands have increased significantly (p > 0.01). Therefore, it could be claimed that the monotheist integrated approach can at least as much boost married women’s positive feelings towards their husbands as emotion-focused therapy can.
کلیدواژهها English