The Effectiveness of Mindfulness based on Cognitive Therapy in Marital Satisfaction of Women Faced with Infidelity: A Single Subject Study

Subject Areas : Tectonostratigraphy

آزاده Parvasi ¹ , Sh Mohammadkhani ² , جعفر Hasani ³

1 - کارشناسی ارشد، دانشگاه خوارزمی تهران.
2 - دانشیار، دانشگاه خوارزمی تهران
3 - دانشیار، دانشگاه خوارزمی تهران

Received: 2015-10-20 Accepted : 2020-02-08 Published : 2017-02-19

Keywords: marital satisfaction, infidelity, Mindfulness based cognitive therapy,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness based on cognitive therapy in marital satisfaction of women faced with infidelity. The study was a single subject experimental design with multiple-base lines. Five women faced with infidelity who referred to counseling centers of Sirjan city were selected by accessible sampling and  according to entry criteria and participated in 8 sessions of 120 minutes of mindfulness based cognitive therapy. Marital satisfaction questionnaire was completed in the baseline, second, fourth, sixth, eighth and follow-up sessions. Observing the diagrams, recovery percentage indicators, scores decreasing percentage, effect size and variability and moreover results of ANOVA test showed that the effect of  mindfulness based cognitive therapy on marital satisfaction was not significant. Generally, we can say that mindfulness based cognitive therapy has no effect on marital satisfaction of women faced with infidelity.

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