The Comparison of the Effectiveness of Group Cognitive-Behavioral Couple’s Therapy and Group Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Marital Satisfaction and Depression of Combat Veterans.

Subject Areas : Journal of Educational Psychology

M Ali Rahmani ¹ , Abdullah Shafiabadi ² , Fereshteh Mootabi ³ , A Reza Kiamanesh ⁴

1 - PhD. Counseling. Islamic Azad University Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran
2 - Professor. Allame Tabataei University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor. Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
4 - Professor. Tarbiyat Moallem University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2011-03-05 Accepted : 2011-07-19 Published : 2011-08-23

Keywords: depression, Group‌ Cognitive-Behavioral Couple’s Therapy, Group Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Martial Satisfaction, Combat Veterans,

Abstract :

This study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of Group Cognitive-Behavioral Couple’s Therapy (GCBCT) and Group Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (GCBT) in marital satisfaction and depression of combat veterans over 25%. It investigated81 combat veterans and their wives who answered Enrich’s marital satisfaction questionnaire (115 items), structured clinical interview for DSM-IV (SCID), and Beck depression Inventory (2nd edition). Afterwards, 24 combat veterans and their wives were selected and were randomly assigned into two experimental groups (each group 8 couples) as well as a control group. The treatment GCBCT was administered to the experimental group I, and the treatment GCBT was given the experimental group II, but the three groups were assessed again with Enrich’s marital satisfaction questionnaire and Beck Depression Inventory-II.The results of the MANCOVA and post hoc /L MATRICS showed the significant difference between the experimental groups and the control group in the increase of martial satisfaction and the decrease of depression. There was, also, a significant difference between GCBCT group and GCBT group in martial satisfaction, but there were no significant differences between two groups in depression. It was concluded that both therapeutic methods were effective in the increase of martial satisfaction and in the decrease of depression. However, Group Cognitive-Behavioral Couple’s Therapy was more effective in the increase of martial satisfaction than Group Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy; however, both methods decreased depression.