Investigating the Effect of Meta-cognitive Therapy on the Rate of Marital Satisfaction of Women
Subject Areas : Woman and family
Keywords: Women, marital satisfaction, Meta-cognitive therapy,
Abstract :
This research aimed to investigate the effect of meta-cognitive therapy on the rate of women’s marital satisfaction. The statistical population included all the women with marital dissatisfaction problem who referred to Ehya Counseling Center of Mashhad City. From amony them‚ 40 women were selected with a targeted sampling method and randomly assigned to two equal groups including experimental and control. This study used quasi-experimental method by pre-test and post-test with the control group. The experimental group underwent ten sessions of 90-minute meta-cognitive therapy. The control group was left untreated. The instrument of this research was marital satisfaction questionnaire of evaluation and nurturing relationship issues communication and happiness (ENRICH). The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The findings showed that meta-cognitive therapy has an effect on the rate of marital satisfaction of women. In other words, meta-cognitive therapy significantly led to an increase in marital satisfaction of women. The results demonstrated the importance of intervention by meta-cognitive therapy in increasing the women’s marital satisfaction.
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