Meta-analysis and comparison of the effectiveness acceptance commitment therapy and integrated behavioral couple therapy on the components of marital quality of couples

Subject Areas : Tectonostratigraphy

Toloue Keybollahi ¹ (Ph.D. Student in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran)
Adis Kraskian Mujembari ² (Ph.D. in p[sychologyAssistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran.)
Nahid Havassi Somar ³ (Ph.D. in p[sychologyAssistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran.)
Mohsen Mansoobifar ⁴ (Ph.D. in p[sychologyAssistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran.)
Arezoo TariMoradi ⁵ (Ph.D. in p[sychologyAssistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran.)

Received: 2021-07-15 Accepted : 2022-07-13 Published : 2022-04-21

Keywords: meta-analysis, acceptance and commitment based therapy, integrated behavioral couple therapy, marital quality components,

Abstract :

In recent years in Iran, several studies have examined the effectiveness of acceptance commitment therapy and integrated behavior couple therapy in the field of conflict resolution and fertility of the marital relationship. The aim of this study was to integrate the results of these studies and compare the impact of these interventions on the components of marital quality.
For this purpose, meta-analysis was used as a statistical technique to determine, collect, combine and summarize research findings related to the effectiveness of acceptance commitment therapy and integrated behavioral couple therapy on the components of marital quality of couples. . The statistical population of the study includes studies conducted in Iran in the field of medicine and the statistical sample includes studies conducted in this field within Iran. For this purpose, 22 studies were selected and after reviewing 17 studies that were methodologically acceptable were selected and analyzed. The research tool was a meta-analysis checklist and CMA software was used to analyze the data.
The results showed the magnitude of the combined effect of the treatments (P <0.01) Equivalent to d = 2.513, which is equivalent to g=2.458, and zr=1.075. Also, the results did not show a significant difference between the effect size of treatment based on acceptance commitment therapy and integrated behavior couple therapy.
Therefore, it can be said that based on the results of this meta-analysis, couples therapy based on acceptance, commitment and integrated behavior is effective in improving the marital quality components of couples.

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