The Effecte of Positive Psychology Based Intervention on Marital Satisfaction of Women Injured from betrayal

Subject Areas : Educational

Roghaye Zolrahim, ¹ , shahram vahedi ² , Naeimeh Moheb ³

1 - Educational Psychology, Department of psychology, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
2 - Professor, Department of of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of psychology, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

Received: 2020-01-03 Accepted : 2020-05-11 Published : 2022-02-20

Keywords: marital satisfaction, infidelity, Positive Psychology, Women,

Abstract :

This study was conducted to determine the effect of a positive psychology-based intervention on the marital satisfaction of women injured from betrayal. The statistical population includes all women affected by the betrayal of Tabriz in 2019 who they thet were referred to the Behzisty Advisory Centers by the Provincial Justice for consultation that 30 of them were selected using available sampling method and were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (15 in each group). Both groups completed the Enrich Marital Satisfaction Scale as pre-test and post-test. Eight sessions of group-based positive psychology (two sessions a week for 4 weeks) were administered to the experimental group, while the control group did not receive any intervention. Data were analyzed using multivariate and univariate analysis of covariance in SPSS.20 software. Positive psychology-based intervention compared to control group on marital satisfaction (p=0.001, F2=0.89), relationship (p=0.001, F2=0.72), conflict resolution (p=0.001, F2=0.69) and ideal distortion (p=0.001, F2=0.54) of the women injured from betrayal. Training in this approach is recommended to improve the marital satisfaction of women injured from betrayal

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