Investigating the effectiveness of Contextual Therapy fair- centered (based on Iván Böszörményi-Nagy) approach on the Marital Quality and Marital Conflict among Couples

Subject Areas : Quarterly Journal of Woman and Society

aydin sanamnejad ¹ , Hossein Ghamari Givi ² , Ali Sheykholeslami ³ , Ali rezaii sharif ⁴

1 - PHD student of counceling, Department of counceling, Faculty of Education and Psychology,Mohaghegh Ardebily University
2 - Professor, Department of counceling , Faculty of Education and Psychology,Mohaghegh Ardebily University, Ardebil, Iran
3 - Department of counceling , Faculty of Education and Psychology,Mohaghegh Ardebily University, Ardebil, Iran
4 - Associate Professor, Department of counceling , Faculty of Education and Psychology, Mohaghegh Ardebily University, Ardebil, Iran

Received: 2020-09-05 Accepted : 2021-07-31 Published : 2021-07-23

Keywords: Marital Conflict, marital quality, Contextual Therapy fair- centered, Iván Böszörményi-Nagy,

Abstract :

The aim of the present study was to Comparison of the Effectiveness of Contextual Therapy fair- centered (CT) (based on Iván Böszörményi-Nagy) on the Marital Quality and Marital Conflict among couples. The statistical population consisted of all couples with marital conflict who referred to the clinic of Counseling and Psychological Services in Urmia in 2017-2018. The questionnaires included Bassby et al.'s Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (RDAS, and Sanai et al.'s revised marital conflict questionnaire(MCQ-R). In this study, applicants after matching divided into an experimental group (8 couples (and a control group (8 couple). Then, for the experimental group, 10 sessions were performed with Contextual Therapy and follow-up was performed 3 after months. To analyze the data and hypotheses, the statistical test method of "repeated measurement variance analysis" and SPSS software were used. The results showed that there is a significant difference (p < 0.001) between the effectiveness of the Contextual Therapy approach on increasing "marital quality " and reducing "marital conflict " with the control group and the effectiveness of therapeutic is steady over time. Therefore, it can be said that in the long run, a sense of justice and fairness in a relationship leads to a steady improvement in family functioning.

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