The Comparison of Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy with Cognitive-Behavioral Coaching on Negative Automatic Thoughts of Women Victims of Domestic Violence

Subject Areas : Psychology of couples

Samira Hosseini Rad ^{1 *} , Majid Saffarinia ² , Elaheh Sadeghi ³

1 - M.Sc Student in General Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Ayandegan Institute of Higher Education, Mazandaran, Iran, [e-mail]
2 - (Corresponding author), Professor, Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran [e-mail] Tel: [phone]
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Ayandegan Institute of Higher Education, Mazandaran, Iran, [e-mail]

Received: 2024-09-24 Accepted : 2024-12-15 Published : 2025-07-11

Keywords: cognitive-behavioral therapy, cognitive-behavioral coaching, domestic violence, negative automatic thoughts ,

Abstract :

Introduction: Domestic violence is a special type of violence that is applied at the family level and leads to physical, mental and sexual harm or suffering in women. The purpose of this study was to comparison of effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy with cognitive-behavioral coaching on negative automatic thoughts of women victims of domestic violence.

Methods: This semi-experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design with control group and follow-up 2 month. In this research, the statistical population was all women who were victims of domestic violence (by their husbands) who referred to counseling centers and psychological services in Tehran in year 2022. In the first stage, using convenience sampling method, 75 people were selected and then randomly divided into 2 experimental groups (each group 25 people) and one control group (25 people) were replaced and experimental groups underwent cognitive-behavioral therapy  and cognitive-behavioral coaching, but the control group received no training and remained in the waiting list. To collect data wife abuse questionnair (WAQ) of Ghahari and et al and psychological well-being scale (PWBS) of Ryff. Data analysis was performed using SPSS-28 software in two sections: descriptive and inferential (analysis of variance with repeated measures and Bonferroni).

Results: The results of the study showed that of cognitive-behavioral therapy and cognitive-behavioral coaching in post-test and follow up had a significant effect on negative automatic thoughts of women victims of domestic violence (P<0.05) and cognitive-behavioral coaching is more effective in negative automatic thoughts of women victims of domestic violence (P<0.05).

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