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The present study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of group therapy based on compassion on the psychological well-being and marital adjustment of women affected by domestic violence. The research method was semi-experimental, with a pre-test/post-test design, a control group, and a one-month follow-up period. The statistical population included all the women affected by domestic violence in Mahabad city who had referred to the Giro Counseling and Psychological Services Center in 2023 for counseling services. From this population, 30 people were selected using purposive sampling and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (15 people in each group). The experimental group underwent 10 sessions of 75 minutes under the compassion-based therapy program. The measurement tools were the psychological well-being questionnaire (RSPWB, Rif, 1995) and marital adjustment (DAS, Spanier, 1976). Data analysis was done using the repeated measurement variance analysis method. The findings showed that there was a significant difference at the 0.001 level between the pre-test and the post-test of psychological well-being and marital adjustment in the experimental and control groups, and there was no significant difference at the 0.001 level between the post-test and follow-up averages in the experimental group. The results were maintained in the follow-up period. Based on the results of the research, it can be said that group therapy based on compassion is a suitable intervention method to improve the psychological well-being and marital adjustment of women affected by domestic violence.

The purpose of the research was to investigates the effect of self-control traning on marital conflicts and marital compatibility of couples. The current experimental research was of semi-experimental type with experimental and control group with pre-test-post-test. The study sample consisted of 30 married people from Shiraz city who referred to counseling centers in the spring of 2017, and were selected by available sampling method and then randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. Both groups first responded to Sanaye and Barati's Marital Conflict and Bassbeli et al. Marital compatibility Questionnaires. The experimental group participated in 10 sessions of self-control education, while the control group did not receive any intervention, then both groups responded to the mentioned questionnaires again . Data were analyzed by one-way and multivariate analysis of covariance.  One way covariance analysis showed that in the post test in the experimental group, the average scores of marital conflicts decreased significantly and the average scores of marital compatibility increased significantly.  Multivariate covariance analysis showed that in the experimental group, in the post-test, compared to the control group, the dimensions of marital conflicts, including the mean scores of decreased cooperation, increased emotional reactions, increased support of children, and decreased effective communication, were significantly reduced, and the dimensions of marital adjustment, including the mean scores  The dimensions of consensus and agreement, satisfaction and coherence have increased significantly.  Self-control training reduces marital conflicts and increases marital compatibility

The present study was conducted to examine group solution-focused couple therapy on the compatibility, intimacy, and quality of life of women with addicted spouses admitted to addiction treatment camps. The present study was a semi-experimental design with a pre-test and post-test design with the control group. The statistical population of the study was made up of all women with addicted husbands in Rafsanjan city spring and summer of 2023. From this statistical population, 30 people were purposefully selected and randomly assigned to two experimental (n=15) and control (n=15) groups. The tools this research included Walker and Thompson's  Marital Intimacy Scale (1983) (MIS), Spanier's Marital Adjustment Scale (1976) (DAS), and Busby et al.'s (1995) Marital Quality of Life Scale (RADS). The experimental group participated in a solution-oriented group couple therapy program for 8 sessions, 3 sessions per week and each session lasted 90 minutes. The data were analyzed using multivariate covariance analysis. The findings showed that with the control of the pre-test, there was a significant difference between the mean of the post-test compatibility, intimacy and quality of married life of women with addicted spouses admitted to the addiction treatment camp at the level (P<0.001). According to the findings, it can be stated that solution-oriented group couple therapy can be suitable approach to increase marital intimacy and compatibility, and as result of these factors, it can improve the quality of married life in addicts and their spouses.

This study investigated the effectiveness of positive psychology training in enhancing sexual self-esteem and marital adjustment among housewives.

The method of the current study was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test and follow-up design with two groups: experimental and control. The statistical population of the current study consisted of housewives aged 18 to 45 in Tehran city. Forty individuals were selected as the sample by accessibility method and placed in two experimental and control groups (20 per group). The research tools included Spanier's Marital Adjustment Scale (1976) and Zeanah and Schwarz's Women's Sexual Self-esteem Questionnaire (1996). Seligman and colleagues' Positive Psychology Training Program (2005), which includes eight 90-minute sessions once a week, was conducted for the experimental group, while the control group received no intervention. Data were analyzed using repeated measures ANOVA in SPSS software.

The results indicated that the group effect, time effect, and the interaction effect of group × time were significant for both marital adjustment (η² = 0.812, P = 0.000) and sexual self-esteem (η² = 0.873, P = 0.000). (p < 0.05).

Given the study's findings, which demonstrate that training based on positive psychology can increase sexual self-esteem and marital adjustment in housewives, it is recommended that educational programs grounded in positive psychology be incorporated into counseling and family planning services to enhance marital success and strengthen the sense of sexual self-worth among this group of women.

The aim of this study was to compared effectiveness of the model of preventing marital infidelity based on the approach of enriching marital life and the approach based on acceptance and commitment on the tendency to infidelity and marital adjustment. The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test-follow-up and the control group. The statistical population of this study included all married women who referred to counseling centers in Miyaneh city in 1398. Using the available sampling method, 45 of them were selected and randomly divided into three groups of: approach of enriching marital life (n = 15), approach based on acceptance and commitment to tendency (n = 15) and control group (n = 15). Model infidelity prevention Ttraining was conducted in 15 sessions each 90 minutes and acceptance and commitment model training was performed in 12 sessions each 90 minutes, and the control group was placed on a waiting list. Data were collected using whitely betrayal, 2008 and Spanier marital adjustment, 1982 questionnaires. Mixed analysis of variance and multivariate analysis of covariance in SPSS software were used to analyze the data. The results indicated that the model of preventing marital infidelity based on the approach of enriching marital life and the approach based on acceptance and commitment have a effective and significant role in reducing infidelity and increasing marital adjustment. The model of preventing marital infidelity based on the approach of enriching marital life was significantly more effective in reducing the tendency to infidelity than the treatment based on acceptance and commitment(P <0.05), but there was no significant difference between the two methods in increasing compatibility(P >0.05). These findings can be used by experts in the field of marriage and family in premarital centers to prevent couples tending to infidelity, as well as to increase their ability to adapt and in medical centers to solve marital problems.

Marital adjustment is an important factor in family strength. This study was conducted to determine the difference between tolerance of ambiguity and traumatic childhood experiences between compatible and incompatible couples in Tehran. The research method was causal-comparative and the statistical population of the study included all compatible and incompatible couples in Tehran that 30 couples from each group were selected by cluster sampling. Data collection tools included the Lock Wallace Marital Adjustment Questionnaire (LWMAT, 1959), McLean Type II Ambiguity Tolerance Questionnaire (McLean, 2009), and the early traumatic experiences (Boglas & Breimner, 2011). Descriptive statics tables as well as of independent two groups t-test and Multivariable Analyze of Variance (MANOVA) with SPSS software 24 version were used to analyze the data. The results showed that there is a significant difference between compatible and incompatible couples in tolerating ambiguity (p <0.05). Compatible couples had higher ambiguity tolerance than incompatible couples and in the case of childhood traumatic experiences, the score of the compatible couples group was lower than that of the incompatible couples (p <0.05). Finally, it can be concluded that low tolerance of ambiguity and high number of traumatic childhood experiences have an effect on aggravating couple incompatibility.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of marital adjustment based on the main family’s health with the mediating role of emotion adjustment difficulty, conflict management, and sexual intimacy in teacher couples. This study was descriptive-correlational in terms of nature, and was applied in terms of objective. The statistical population of the study was all teacher couples of Kermanshah city in academic year 2020-2021, among whom 300 were selected Stepwise random sampling. The research data were collected through Dyadic Adjustment Scale (Spanier, 1976), Main Family’s Health Scale )Hovestadt et al., 1985), Emotion Adjustment Difficulty Scale (Gratz & Roemer, 2004), and Enrich Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire (Olson et al., 1986), and data analysis was performed using structural equation modeling method using SPSS-24 and AMOS-24 software. The findings s showed that direct effect of emotion adjustment difficulty and marital adjustment, conflict management and marital adjustment, and sexual intimacy with marital adjustment (p≤0.01). The results of indirect pathways showed that the main family health pathways have a positive effect on marital adjustment through difficulty of emotion regulation, conflict management and sexual intimacy (p≤0.05).

Emotional divorce is one of the most common phenomena in Iran. The aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of Glasser reality therapy in a group manner on marital adjustment, emotional differentiation and intimacy in couples with emotional divorce. The research method was a semi-experimental one-group type with a time series design. From the statistical population, married couples with emotional divorce who had referred to Andisheh and Allameh Amini Centers for counseling, 16 couples (8 couples) were included in the sample group in a targeted way. The participants completed 8 sessions of couple therapy based on reality therapy in a group manner (two sessions per week), each session lasting 1.5 hours. Before the intervention, after the end and one month after the end of the intervention, the participants answered the questions of the Marital Compatibility Questionnaire, the Couple Differentiation Scale, and the Marital Intimacy Scale. The obtained data were analyzed by the repeated measures ANOVA. The results of the research showed that the intervention of Glasser reality therapy in a group manner increases marital compatibility and intimacy of couples in couples with emotional divorce. Also, the results showed that this increase continues in the follow-up phase. The results of this research didn't confirm the effectiveness of Glasser reality therapy in a group manner intervention on the emotional differentiation of couples with emotional divorce

The purpose of the present study was to predict marital stability and marital compatibility based on self-differentiation. This research was correlational in terms of research method. The statistical population of the present study was all the couples who referred to the counseling centers of the 5th district of Tehran during the winter of 2021, which was approximately 320 people. The number of samples from the two centers was estimated to be 175 people according to the table for determining the sample size of Krajcie and Morgan, and this number was selected from the entire population by simple random sampling method. The data collection tool included Edwards, Johnson and Booth's Marital Stability Questionnaire (1987), Spanier's Marital Compatibility (1976) and Scouron and Friedlander's (1998) self-differentiation. The data obtained from the questionnaire were used in two description sections, including mean and standard deviation, and Pearson correlation and regression were used for data analysis. The results showed that the differentiation variable is able to predict marital stability (β=0.31, P=0.003) and marital compatibility (β=0.22, P=0.006). According to the Beta value, self-differentiation has a greater contribution in predicting the marital stability of couples. It can be concluded that self-differentiation can predict marital stability and marital compatibility.

The purpose of this research was to standardize an Islamic happiness training program and assess its effectiveness in promoting marital adjustment and resilience among couples experiencing marital conflict. The qualitative portion of the study employed theme analysis via the inductive method, while the quantitative portion utilized a quasi-experimental design comprising a control group, pretest, posttest, and two-month follow-up period . In the spring and summer of 2020, couples experiencing marital conflict who were referred to counseling centers in the East District of Tehran constituted the statistical population of the current study. By employing a multistage sampling method, 26 couples were chosen and allocated at random into the experimental and control groups (with 28 individuals in the experimental group and 24 in the control group). The experimental group was provided with an eight-session Islamic contentment training program over the course of two months. In this study, the employed questionnaires were the marital conflict questionnaire (MCQ), the marital status questionnaire (MSQ), and the resilience questionnaire (RQ). The data obtained from the study were subjected to analysis using mixed ANOVA in SPSS-23. The findings of the study indicate that the happiness training program contains pertinent material and possesses executive validity in the opinion of the experts. Moreover, the findings indicated that Islamic contentment training improved the marital adjustment and resilience of couples experiencing marital conflict (p<0.0001), as this intervention resulted in an increase in the aforementioned characteristics. Based on the results of the current investigation, it has been determined that implementing Islamic happiness training can effectively enhance the marital adjustment and resilience of couples. This can be achieved through the practice of safe, supportive, and empathetic communication, instruction in the concept of forgiveness, recognition of the positive consequences of patience, and identification of the couples’inherent capabilities and potential in granting access to happiness.

The purpose of this research was to determine the effectiveness of happiness education on life satisfaction and marital adjustment of depressed women in Tehran. This is a semi-experimental research with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of this research was all depressed women who referred to psychological centers, 30 of them were selected using purposeful sampling and were randomly divided into two groups of 15 people, experimental and control. The groups were evaluated at the beginning and end of the study in terms of life satisfaction and marital compatibility. For this purpose, before and after the intervention (8 two-hour sessions), they also answered the life satisfaction questionnaire (Diener et al., 1985) and marital adjustment (Spanier, 1976) and at one stage the depression questionnaire (Beck, 1979). The results of covariance analysis show an increase in overall life satisfaction in the post-test stage. Also, the results showed that happiness training increased marital adjustment in depressed women. The findings of this research show that the effectiveness of happiness training increases life satisfaction and marital adjustment of depressed women.

The purpose of this research was to investigate the mediating role of marital adjustment in the relationship between love for spouse and the quality of married life of teachers. The research was descriptive in terms of purpose, application, and correlation type. The statistical population of the present study included all male and female teachers working in Yazd city (approximately 5500 people). The sampling method was multi-stage cluster random. Among 45 schools of district 1, 320 teachers were selected as research samples. His research tools were Sternberg's Love Questionnaire (1987), Busby et al.'s Quality of Marital Life (1995) and Spouse Compatibility Scale of Spanier and Crowley (1986). Path analysis method and Lisrel software were used for data analysis. The findings showed that there is a direct and meaningful relationship between the variable of love for spouse and compatibility of spouses (r=0.731). There is a direct and significant relationship (r=0.89) between the spouses' compatibility variable and the quality of married life. The variable of love for spouse does not have a direct and significant relationship with the quality of married life (r=0.07).

Marriage is the most sacred and complex relationship between two people of opposite sexes, which has wide and deep dimensions and multiple goals, and dealing with marital relations and promoting compatibility and satisfaction between couples can be considered one of the important missions from the individual to the social level. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of therapy based on acceptance and realistic commitment on marital adjustment and marital satisfaction of couples on the verge of divorce. In terms of purpose, the current research was of an applied type, and in terms of method, based on the research design and method, it was quasi-experimental with a pre-test and post-test design (with an experimental group and a control group and a three-month follow-up period). The statistical population used in the current study included all couples who referred to family counseling and couple therapy centers in the 5th district of Tehran in 2011. Among these people, 40 people (20 couples) were selected using the purposeful sampling method and randomly assigned to an experimental group (20 people or 10 couples) and a control group (20 people or 10 couples). Then, on the experimental group of the treatment package based on acceptance and realistic commitment based on the protocol of Afshari et al. (2022) was implemented. In order to collect data, the research tools included Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire (ENRICH) and Marital Compatibility Questionnaire (DAS). In order to statistically analyze the data, analysis of variance with repeated measures and Tukey's post hoc test and SPSS software version 26 were used F value and significance level were calculated in the variables of marital satisfaction (F = 7.76 and P = 0.002) and marital compatibility (F = 7.11 and P = 0.002). It can be concluded that the independent variable (treatment based on acceptance and realistic commitment) has significantly changed the dependent variables (marital satisfaction and marital compatibility). Therefore, it can be concluded that the changes made in the dependent variables were due to the implementation of the treatment based on acceptance and realistic commitment on the experimental group. The results of the LSD post hoc test showed that these effects were stable. based on the available findings, it can be concluded that the therapy based on acceptance and realistic commitment was effective on marital satisfaction and marital compatibility of couples on the verge of divorce. Therefore, it is suggested that experts benefit from the techniques of this approach in their work.

The main purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between job stress, quality of life and marital adjustment of midwives in Sirjan city. The current research is descriptive of correlation type. The statistical population of this research is all the midwives of Sirjan city, whose number is about 150, and according to Morgan's table, 108 of them have been selected as a sample using the available sampling method. The research tools are the job stress questionnaire of Taft and Anderson (1981), the quality of life of Early (1998) and the marital adjustment of Spanier (1976). To analyze the data, spss software version 24 and Spearman's tests and multivariate regression were used. The results showed that there is an inverse and significant relationship between job stress, quality of life and marital adjustment of midwives. Also, there is an inverse and significant relationship between job stress components (death and dying, conflicts with doctors, insufficient preparation, lack of support, workload and uncertainty about treatment) with midwives' quality of life and marital adjustment. The results of multivariate regression showed that the most important predictor of midwives' quality of life is their workload, and the most important predictor of midwives' marital adjustment is their insufficient preparation.

The purpose of the present study was to predict marital adjustment based on Islamic lifestyle, perfectionism, and couples' communication patterns in culturally working women of Khomein city.

The method of descriptive-correlation research was of predictive type. The statistical population of the research included all the married women working in the field of culture in Khomein city in 2021-2022 in the number of 473 people, using the Cochran formula, 212 people were selected by available sampling method. The research materials included Spanier's husband and wife adjustment questionnaire (1976), Kaviani's Islamic lifestyle questionnaire (2011), T Short et al.'s perfectionism questionnaire (1995), and Christensen and Salawi's couple communication pattern questionnaire (1984). Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation and multiple regression analysis.

Pearson correlation results showed a positive and significant relationship between marital adjustment with Islamic lifestyle (r=0.752), perfectionism (r-0.299) and mutual constructive relationship (r=0.225). There is a negative and significant relationship between marital adjustment with expectation/withdrawal relationship (r=-250) and mutual avoidance relationship (r=-0.115) (p<0/01). Also, multiple regression showed that Islamic lifestyle variables 0.75%, perfectionism 0.29%, mutual constructive relationship 0.21%, expectation/withdrawal relationship 0.21% negative and mutual avoidance relationship 0.11% negative adjustment. They predict marriage.

From these findings, it can be concluded that working married women who choose the Islamic lifestyle and use constructive patterns of communication in their marital relationships will achieve a higher degree of adjustment in their marital life.

One of the most important relationships between a man and a woman is marriage, which includes both emotional and legal commitment and is of special importance in the life of every adult. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to model marital adjustment based on communication patterns and marital relationship performance with the mediation of spiritual attitude.

The present research was a descriptive-correlation type of structural equation modeling. The statistical population of the research included married people living in Tehran, according to the number of observable changes, 350 samples were available according to Spanir's (1976) marital compatibility questionnaires, spiritual attitude: Shahidi and Farajnia (2013), Christensen and Salavi's communication patterns. (1984) and sexual performance: Farajnia et al. (2013) answered. The research data was also analyzed through SPSS and AMOS software.

The findings showed that the constructive communication pattern directly explains β = 0.334 of the variance of marital adjustment, and the withdrawal communication pattern directly explains β = 0.159 of the variance of marital adjustment. Also, the constructive communication pattern directly explains β=0.21 of the variance of spiritual attitude and the spiritual attitude directly explains β=0.147 of the variance of marital adjustment.

It can be concluded that the modeling of marital compatibility based on communication patterns and marital relationship performance with the mediation of spiritual attitude is valid.

Marital compatibility is one of the most important factors affecting the survival and durability of the family. Therefore, identifying factors related to it is of particular importance. The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating role of coping strategies in the relationship between work-family conflict and marital adjustment of military families. The method of correlational research was path analysis. The research population was all the military households in Tehran in 2022, from which 200 people were selected using the available sampling method, and the research tools included the Marital Compatibility Questionnaire (1976), the Work-Family Conflict Questionnaire (2000) and the Coping Strategies Scale. (1990) answered. The results of data analysis showed that work-family conflict has a direct and negative effect on marital adjustment, and problem-oriented strategies are positively and emotion-oriented strategies negatively related to marital adjustment. Finally, the main hypothesis of the research based on the mediating role of coping strategies in the relationship between work-family conflict and marital adjustment was confirmed and the results showed that problem-oriented coping strategies positively and emotion-oriented coping strategies positively The negative form has a mediating effect in the relationship between the two mentioned variables, and the result can be used in relation to working couples to improve marital compatibility.

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between perfectionism and distress tolerance in predicting marital adjustment in married women in Ahvaz. The research method was descriptive and correlational. 100 married women who had been married for roughly three years made up the sample. They were chosen through available sampling from various areas of Ahvaz. To collect data from Spanier (1976) Marital Adjustment Scale with a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.30 and the multidimensional scale of Frost et al., Cronbach's alpha was 0.66. The results of Pearson correlation and stepwise regression analysis showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between perfectionism and distress tolerance and marital adjustment. There is also a difference between positive and negative perfectionism and marital adjustment, so that positive perfectionism has a significant and direct effect on marital adjustment. That is, the more positive perfectionism there is, the greater the marital compatibility. Findings also showed that negative perfectionism has a significant and inverse effect on marital adjustment. This means that with the increase of negative perfectionism, marital adjustment decreases

One of the most important determinants of optimal family performance is marital adjustment. There are several factors associated with marital adjustment, including loneliness, death anxiety, and the meaning of life. The study aims to predict marital adjustment based on loneliness, death anxiety and the meaning of life. The method of this study is correlational. The statistical population of this study is all married people living in Tehran. For this purpose, 231 people were selected by available sampling method to complete the online questionnaires in cyberspace and completed the Marital Adjustment (MAT), Loneliness (UCLA), Death Anxiety (DAS) and Meaning of Life (MLQ) questionnaires. Data were analyzed using multiple regression method. The results of this study showed that marital adjustment has a negative and significant relationship with loneliness and a positive and significant relationship with meaning of life and no significant relationship with death anxiety. It also predicted variables of loneliness and meaning of life in marital adjustment. Thus, it can be concluded that the loneliness and the meaning of life play an important role in the marital adjustment of spouses.

This study’s objective was to evaluate the efficacy of emotion-oriented couple therapy on cognitive emotion regulation and marital adjustment in parents of children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. In this study, a single-case A-B-A design was utilized. In 2020, couples in Isfahan with children aged 7 to 11 years old and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder comprised the statistical population of this investigation. Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ), Revised Marital Adjustment Scale (RDAS), and the fourth edition of the Swanson, Nolan and Pelham Scale (Parent Form) (SNAP-IV) were utilized in this study. Three couples were selected using purposive sampling and participated in eight sessions of emotion-focused couple therapy. The effect of the treatment was determined by calculating the percentage of non-overlapping data (POD) and the percentage of overlapping data (PND) using visual analysis and SPSS-20 statistical software. The results showed that emotion-oriented couple therapy had a positive and statistically significant effect on cognitive regulation of emotion and marital adjustment of parents with children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (PND= 66/67% to 100%), and that the treatment’s effects persisted during follow-up. Based on the findings of the current study, emotion-focused couple therapy can be used as an effective intervention to improve adjustment and emotion regulation in couples with children who have attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.