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Given the negative effects of satellite series on marital commitment, and the quality of life of women, and the destabilization of family systems, the present study aimed to examine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy on marital commitment and quality of life in women who follow satellite series in Tehran

This study was designed as a quasi-experimental intervention with a pre-test and post-test approach. The statistical population consisted of women who were viewers of satellite series and members of an active institute in marriage and psychological services for couples in East Tehran. Using convenience sampling method, the first individual was selected randomly, and then through snowball sampling, 120 individuals were introduced. After screening and selecting eligible individuals, the sample size was reduced to 30, and the participants were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (15 in each group). The women in the experimental group participated in virtual cognitive-behavioral therapy sessions. Data collection tools included two standardized questionnaires: the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire and the Adams and Jones Marital Commitment Questionnaire which were distributed and completed in both groups before and after the intervention. For data analysis, descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation, Shapiro-Wilk test, skewness, and kurtosis were used, and for inferential statistics to examine the significance of the intervention's effectiveness, analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was employed. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 26.

The results indicated a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in both pre-test and post-test (p<0/05). The scores of the experimental group after the intervention showed a significant increase in the post-test analysis of covariance for the variables of physical health, psychological health, social relationships, social environment, overall quality of life, personal commitment, moral commitment, structural commitment, and overall marital commitment, compared to the pre-test (p<0/05). At the same time, the control group did not show a significant difference (p>0/05).

The findings of this study suggest that cognitive-behavioral therapy has a positive impact on quality of life and marital commitment. This type of therapy can be utilized as an effective strategy to improve marital commitment and quality of life for women who watch satellite series.

One of the most effective ways to improve the quality of life of seafarers is to examine their marital relationships. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of spiritual therapy on marital adjustment and marital commitment among sailors in Bushehr city.

The present study was a semi-experimental type and its statistical population consisted of sailor men of Bushehr city. In this study, 1 experimental group and 1 control group were used, and the people in the experimental group received spiritual therapy for 14 weeks. Also, the research questionnaires, which included the revised scale of two-person compatibility and the marital commitment questionnaire, were completed by the members of both groups in the pre-test and post-test stages. In the present study, the data was analyzed using the statistical method of multivariate covariance analysis (MANCOVA).

There is no significant difference in the variables of marital compatibility and marital commitment in the pre-test in the control and experimental groups. However, they are different in the post-test; In other words, the independent variable of the group has been effective and spiritual therapy has been able to be effective in the results of the experimental group. In other words, group spirituality therapy has an effect on marital adjustment and marital commitment in sailors (P<0.001).  

 According to the results of the present research, by using spiritual therapy, it is possible to create a significant and significant improvement in the marital compatibility and marital commitment of sailor men; Therefore, it is recommended to use spiritual therapy to improve marital compatibility and marital commitment of sailors.

Background &

From the distant past, the concept of marital commitment has attracted the attention of many people from the fields of family and marriage studies and has been considered a decision for life's survival and durability. Marital commitment is one of the important variables in understanding marriage and has a special and unavoidable relationship with marital satisfaction. Marital commitment means how much couples value their marital relationship and how motivated they are to maintain and continue it. In other words, commitment in married life is the concept of emotional feeling and motivation based on which couples focus on maintaining and remaining in their relationship. The idea of marital commitment is understood as a basic pillar in marriage and the first emotional and legal commitment that is concluded in adulthood, and it is considered the starting point in the growth and psychological maturity of people in society. The first ones who studied the importance of commitment in marital relationships were Dean and Spanier (1974), who defined marital commitment as the stable desire of couples to maintain and continue marriage. According to them, commitment is a smart and conscious choice, which increasingly regulates the marital relationship. A person commits to different things in life, but the issue becomes critical when the commitment is raised in marriage. Regarding the integrated training of time perspective and mindfulness, it has not been widely used so far and the effects of this training on marital variables require more research; therefore, the purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of integrated time perspective and mindfulness training on marital commitment and emotion control in mothers with low marital satisfaction.

This research was quasi-experimental and implemented in the form of a pre-test-post-test-follow-up plan with a control group. The statistical population consisted of mothers with low marital satisfaction in the 5th district of Tehran in 1401. 30 people were selected by the available sampling method by observing the entry and exit criteria and were randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. Before the start of the intervention, both groups participated in the pre-test phase, and after that, the experimental group underwent integrated time perspective and mindfulness training in 12 60-minute sessions. The control group also did not receive any intervention. Then both experimental groups participated in the post-test stage and after 3 months the follow-up stage was done. To measure marital commitment, the standard questionnaire of marital commitment by Adams and Jones (1997) was used, and Williams' emotion control scale (1997) was used for emotion control. The data was analyzed by mixed analysis of variance.

The mean scores of marital commitment and emotion control variables in the integrated training group of time perspective and mindfulness increased compared to the control group in the post-test and follow-up stages compared to the pre-test stage. To investigate the effectiveness of integrated time perspective and mindfulness training on marital commitment and emotional control in mothers with low marital satisfaction, a variance test with intergroup repeated measurement was used. Before performing the analysis of variance test with inter-group repeated measurement, the presumption of normality of the data was performed with the Shapiro-Wilk test. This assumption implies that the observed difference between the distribution of scores of the sample group and the normal distribution in the population is equal to zero. The results of this test showed that all the variables follow the normal distribution in pre-test-post-test and follow-up. The results showed that the effect of integrated time perspective and mindfulness training on marital commitment (F=0.001, P<0.001) and emotion control (F=50.65, P<0.001) is significant.

The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of time perspective and mindfulness training on marital commitment and emotional control of mothers with low marital satisfaction. To achieve this goal in the form of a quasi-experimental design, two groups of 15 women with low marital satisfaction were selected using available methods and were assigned to two experimental and control groups. The experimental group received 12 one-hour sessions of integrated time perspective and mindfulness training, and after the pre-test, post-test, and follow-up analyses, the results of the analyses showed that a group of mothers with low marital satisfaction who participated in the training sessions had a significant improvement in They showed marital commitment and emotional control. This finding is consistent with the results of previous research. Mindfulness training for women with marital boredom can increase their marital commitment along with intimacy and marital happiness. In explaining the effect of the combined training of time perspective and mindfulness on marital commitment, it can be said: that this training method is focused on cognitive abilities, attention, alertness, perception, and capacity of people to pay attention to the present time. Therefore, this method can create changes in the processes thought patterns, and attitudes of a person. In other words, instead of changing the content of the mind, the goal of mindfulness training is to develop non-prejudiced attitudes and the connection between thoughts and emotions when they occur. In this way, living in the present and ignoring judgmental and ineffective thoughts in women with low marital satisfaction can lead to more marital commitment. In addition, this training can lead to more self-compassion in mothers, and the increase in self-compassion makes them blame themselves less when they fail and with the increase in marital satisfaction, the level of their marital commitment also increases. The combined training of time perspective and mindfulness can strengthen cognitive coping processes such as positive reappraisal and strengthen emotion regulation skills such as distress tolerance, problem-solving training, and ignoring techniques training, at the time of the onset of marital problems from the individual against mood dysfunction caused by Protect from stress and rumination. From these results, it can be concluded that marital commitment and emotional control of mothers with low marital satisfaction can be increased with integrated training methods of time perspective and mindfulness.

Dissatisfaction with sex can lead to serious relationship problems. As marital commitment increases, spouses' lives become more flexible, and couples have more peace and mental health. Intimacy is one of the basic needs in a couple’s relationship, and at the same time, it brings happiness to every spouse. For the first time, Wincze et al. introduced evidence–based comprehensive treatment approach called sexual problem–solving therapy. The Islamic approach to this treatment method seeks to create a positive attitude about sexual behavior, a sense of satisfaction, pleasure, physical, and psychological vitality more than the relationship between husband and wife. The strengthening of this attitude prevents many sexual problems in couples. So, this study aimed to examine the effectiveness and durability of problem–oriented couple therapy based on an Islamic approach to sexual issues, marital intimacy, and marital commitment in couples referring to counseling centers in Sanandaj City, Iran.

The present research method was quasi–experimental with a pretest–posttest and a 3–month follow–up design with a control group. The statistical population included couples referring to Sanandaj counseling centers from September 2018 to September 2019. Among them, 32 volunteered men and women were included in the study by purposive sampling. After homogenization based on demographic variables, they were randomly divided into experimental and control groups (each consisting of 16 couples). The sample size was estimated based on previous studies and considering the maximum standard deviation of 10, α=0.05, and 95% test power. The inclusion criteria were as follows: couples who did not suffer from chronic psycho–personality disorders and did not participate in psychological and psychiatric interventions simultaneously, had lived together for at least one year, missed more than two sessions in treatment sessions, and experienced stress. Major events due to unforeseen events, such as the death of a first–degree relative or divorce, were also considered as criteria for excluding participants from the study. Assessment tools included Multidimensional Sexuality Questionnaire (Snell et al., 1993), Marital Commitment Questionnaire (Adams & Jones, 1997), and Marital Intimacy Questionnaire (Thompson & Walker, 1983). The sexual problem–solving couple therapy protocol based on the Islamic approach was performed by a trained instructor for the experimental group, but the control group did not receive training in this area. This Islamic approach was administered in eight 90–minute sessions once a week for two months based on the training package of Ahmadian et al. (2018). To describe the data, tables, central indices, and dispersion indices such as mean and standard deviation were calculated. The variance analysis method with repeated measurement and Bonferroni post hoc test were employed for data analysis using SPSS version 22 software. The significance level of the tests was considered 0.05.

According to the significance of the group effect, the results indicated that the trend of the average score changes from pretest to posttest and follow–up in the experimental group was significantly different from the control group (p<0.05). Regarding the variables of sexual issues, marital intimacy, and marital commitment, the differences between the pretest and posttest stages (p<0.001) and between the pretest and follow–up stages (p<0.001) were significant. Also, the effectiveness of the intervention in the follow–up phase was permanent for the variables of sexual issues (p=0.560) and marital intimacy (p=0.018). Still, for the marital commitment variable, it did not last (p<0.001).

Based on the study finding, sexual problem–oriented couple therapy based on an Islamic approach is effective in improving sexual issues, marital intimacy, and marital commitment in couples, and this effectiveness in sexual issues and marital intimacy is permanent (after three months).

One of the phenomena that disrupts the relationship of couplesin their joint life is the tendency to divorce involved in breach of contractthat has an individual and personality origin. The communication patternof couples with each other plays a vital role in this context. When thecouple's relationship tends to be cold, it causes them heartbreak, maritalheartbreak provides the ground for the tendency to divorce involved inbreach of contract. Whereas, if the couple is committed to their marriagecontract, they will not witness heartbreak. On the other hand, the tendencytowards moral styles has a constructive effect on couples' relationships. Inthis research, moral tendency styles are considered as mediating variables,and the variables of heartbreak and marital commitment are the outputs,which predict the criterion variable of the tendency to divorce involved inbreach of contract.

This research was done by correlation method.The statistical population was formed by couples who referred to thecounseling centers of the first and second regions of Tehran in 1400. Thesample size was determined based on the modeling method of 250 peoplewho were selected by random quota method. The data collection tools wereKaiser's marital distress scale (1993), Adams and Jones' maritalcommitment (1997), Hight and Gramm's (2007) moral orientation styles,Rose Bolt et al.'s (1986) propensity to divorce scale. In the data analysismethod, descriptive statistics indicators and SPSS23 software were firstused, then structural equations, t-test, bootstrap and Sobel were used in thehypothesis test, which were implemented by PLS software.

The results showed that successful intelligence has a directeffect on wisdom, The findings of the research indicated that there is adirect and meaningful relationship between the tendency to divorceinvolved in breach of contract and marital heartbreak, but it had an inverserelationship with marital commitment. In addition, the tendency to divorceinvolved in breach of contract has an inverse relationship with the styles ofmoral tendency and has led to its adjustment.

Therefore, heartbreak and marital commitment have been thepredictors of divorce tendency of couples involved in breach of contract.

Increasing the level of marital disaffection and decreasing marital commitment in couples gradually results in coupleschr('39') involvement in a stressful and frustrating relationship and eventually leads to weakening the marriage. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the couple therapychr('39')s effectiveness with the schema therapy approach to reduce marital disaffection and improve marital commitment in couples referring to counseling centers in Mahabad.

The study was quasi-experimental with the pretest-posttest design, and a follow-up test was conducted with a control group. The study population consisted of all couples who referred to counseling centers in the second half of 2019. To this end, 30 couples with marital problems and conflicts were selected by a purposive sampling method and randomly assigned to the experimental group (15 couples) and control group (15 couples). The data were collected using the Marital Disaffection Scale (MDS) and the Marital Commitment Questionnaire (MCQ), which was performed as the pre-test, post-test, and two-month follow-up. Couples in the experimental group participated in 10 sessions of 2 hours per week, but the control group did not receive this training. The data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA).

The findings indicated that there was no significant difference between the experimental and control groups in terms of marital disaffection and marital commitment in the pre-test stage (P >0.05), but there was a significant difference between them in terms of both variables of marital disaffection and marital commitment in the post-test stage (P <0.05). In other words, couple therapy by schema therapy approach reduced marital disaffection (F = 76.252) and increased marital commitment (F = 106.096) and their dimensions in couples. This improvement was also maintained in the follow-up phase (marital disaffection (F = 56.565) and marital commitment (F = 104.999).

This studychr('39')s results have practical implications for the use of therapeutic intervention programs in which the schema therapy approach was employed to reduce marital problems caused by marital disaffection. Besides, on the basis of the findings of this study, the couple therapy training programs based on schema therapy can be exploited to improve marital commitment.

Commitment to marriage is of importance as a sustainable mechanism. It is one of the characteristics of successful and long-lasting marriages. Marital commitment is the strongest and most stable predictor of marital quality and stability. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the effects of self-differentiation treatment based on Bowen’s family system theory on couples’ marital commitment.

The research method was quasi-experimental with convenience sampling and one-month follow-up. The statistical population included clients who visited the counseling centers of Greater Tehran Police Command in the last quarter of 2018 and the first quarter of 2019. The sample included 30 couples, randomly assigned to the intervention and control groups (allocation ratio of 1:1). Marital commitment Questionnaire (Adams & jones, 1997) was utilized. The couples in the intervention group received ten 60-minute sessions of self-differentiation treatment by the researcher based on Bowen’s treatment system as group therapy over three months. The control group received no treatment. The follow-ups in both groups were performed after one month. The data analysis was done in the pre-test, post-test, and follow-up through repeated measures analysis of variance and mixed design.

The results indicated that the self-differentiation treatment was significantly effective in promoting marital commitment among couples of the intervention group compared to the controls (p=0.001). Furthermore, the results of the mixed design analysis indicated that the implementation of the independent variable was meaningful on all three components of Personal Commitment (p=0.001), structure Commitment (p=0.001) and Moral Commitment (p=0.004). This intervention’s results were also significant at the follow-up stage.

The self-differentiation treatment intervention based on Bowen’s family system theory effectively improved the couples’ marital commitment in the intervention group compared to the control group. The results of this research can be used in intervention planning with an emphasis on the role and importance of self-differentiation in the family to promote marital commitment and prevent couples from betraying each other, achieving timely prevention of divorce and emotional divorce picked up.

The aim of this study was to design a marital commitment model based on the components of mental health, personality traits mediated by sexual satisfaction in couples referring to health centers in Tehran.

The research method was descriptive-correlational exploratory-consecutive and guided. The statistical population included all couples who referred to health centers in Tehran in 1398. Multi-stage random sampling method and statistical sample size based on sample power software (350 people) and considering the 20% probability of drop in the number of 372 people were considered and analyzed. For data collection, Adams & Jones (1997) Marital Commitment Questionnaire, Goldberg Mental Health (1972), McCray and Costa (NEO-FFI) Personality Traits (1985), Larson (1998) Sexual Satisfaction Questionnaire were used. The desired sample was executed. Data were analyzed using SPSS software and smartpls structural equations.

The results showed that the design of marital commitment model based on mental health components, personality traits mediated by sexual satisfaction in couples is consistent with the theoretical model and has a good fit, as well as a significant study of direct and indirect research paths in women and Men show that: There is a direct relationship between mental health (physical, anxiety, social, depression) and personality traits (neuroticism, extraversion, empiricism, agreement, conscientiousness), sexual satisfaction and marital commitment. On the other hand, the results of the indirect path show that mental health (physical, anxiety, social, depression) and personality traits (neuroticism, extraversion, empiricism, agreement, conscientiousness) are related to marital commitment and sexual satisfaction mediation. There is significance and with marital commitment and mediation of sexual satisfaction in couples referring to health centers in Tehran has had a positive effect.

Mental health and type of personality traits of each couple with mutual understanding of each otherchr('39')s needs can predict marital commitment in the context of effective marital relationships and intimacy, commitment in coupleschr('39') sexual relationships.

The aim of this study was to present a structural model of marital commitment based on emotional maturity mediated by intimacy and interpersonal cognitive distortions.

The research method is applied in terms of purpose, quantitative in terms of approach, cross-sectional in terms of data collection time and correlational in terms of research method. The statistical population of this study consisted of all married women who referred to Sarai Mahallat in Tehran in 1399, from which 300 people were selected by multi-stage cluster random sampling. In this study, the tools of marital commitment (Adams and Jones, 1997), emotional maturity (Singh and Bahargawa, 1991), couple intimacy (Brooke and Oman, 1998) and interpersonal cognitive distortions (Hammachi and Ozturk, 2004) were used. All had acceptable credibility and reliability. SPSS-V23 and Amos-V8.8 software were used to analyze the data. Structural equation modeling was also used to answer the research hypotheses.

The results showed that the variable of emotional maturity has an indirect and significant effect on the variable of marital commitment (p <0.05). Intimacy directly affects marital commitment (p <0.05). Interpersonal cognitive distortions also directly affect marital commitment (p <0.05).

The results showed that the model has a good fit. Therefore, paying attention to the mentioned variables in prevention and designing more appropriate treatments helps researchers and therapists.

Recognizing and examining the factors that contribute to the consolidation of marriage and the social institution of the family can be a useful step towards promoting the culture of society. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the model of marital commitment based on attachment styles mediated by self-differentiation.

In a correlational study, among the married students of Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch of Tehran in 2017, using the available sampling method, 400 persons (200 women) were selected. They participated in the study, completed the Revised Adult Attachment Scale (RAAS), Differentiation of Self Inventory-Revised (DSIR), and Marital Commitment Questionnaire (MCQ). Data were analyzed through multiple regression in two stages in a, and b paths and c path .

Results showed that safe and anxiety attachment styles significantly explain the variance of selfdifferentiation. Also, safe and anxiety attachment styles significantly explain the variance of marital commitment. Finally, self-differentiation can significantly explain the variance of marital commitment. The results show that self-differentiation has mediator role in relationship between safe and anxiety attachment styles with marital commitment.

The results showed that since marriage and marital relationship are one of the important decisions in adulthood, focusing on attachment styles in adults can be supplemented with pre-marital education on marital commitment and continuity of relationships in couples.

Marital commitment is the most important factor affecting the family stability. Nurses are mostly exposed to psychological stress and marital problems. Therefore, it is important to conduct interventions in order to prevent exacerbation of these problems and to improve the mental health and quality of marital life in nurses. The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of an optimism group training intervention through an Islamic approach on the marital commitment of female nurses working in Yazd Shahid Sadoughi Hospital, Iran.

This quasi-experimental study was conducted using a pre-test and post-test and case-control design. The statistical population included 30 married female nurses working in Yazd Shahid Sadoughi Hospital, Iran in 2018. The participants were selected using available sampling method. Later, they were randomly assigned into the intervention (15 participants) and control (15 participants) groups. The research tool included the Adams and Jones 's Marriage Commitment Questionnaire (1997). Both groups took a pre-test. Next, the intervention group underwent the optimism group training using an Islamic approach. The training intervention was conducted in eight sessions of 90 minutes. After training, both groups were subjected to the post-test. The results were analyzed using covariance analysis.

The average age of 30 participants was 38.13 years. A significant difference was found between the two groups regarding their marital commitment before the intervention (P <0.05 and F = 104.62). A significant difference was found between the two groups regarding their mean scores of the personal commitment, ethical commitment, and structural commitment in the post-test stage after eliminating the pre-test effect (p <0.05). The effect size of education was equal to 59.03, 0.52, and 0.617 for the personal commitment, ethical commitment, and structural commitment, respectively.

Optimism group training through an Islamic approach was effective on the increase of marital commitment and its subscales (personal commitment, ethical commitment, and structural commitment) among the nurses. Considering the presence of counseling centers in most hospitals, it is recommended to implement this training for nurses in the form of syndicated programs.

The marital commitment of couples is constructive in stabilization of family unit and various factors can influence the level of marital commitment. The current study aimed at revealing some of these factors through predicting martial commitment based on personality characteristics, attachment styles, and religious orientation in married students.

The study is descriptive and correlational. The statistical population consisted of all married female students of Lorestan University in 2014/2015 academic year. Through applying Cochran's formula, 200 subjects were selected among them as the sample, using convenient sampling method. In order to gather data, Martial Commitment Inventory (DCI) by Adams Jones, Adult Attachment Scale (AAS) by Collins and Read, Personality Inventory (NEO), and Religious Orientation Scale (ROS) by Allport and Ross were used. The data were analyzed using correlation coefficient and Step by Step Regression Analysis. All ethical issues were observed in this study and the researchers declared no conflict of interests.

The findings indicated that personality characteristics (F=28.37), the attachment styles (F=24.44), and also religious orientation (F=18.65) significantly predicted the level of marital commitment at the significance levels of 0.001, 0.05, and 0.001 respectively. Out of these factors, attachment styles were a stronger predictor for marital commitment.

The results illustrated that people’s personality characteristics, the attachment styles formed in the family environment, and also their religious orientation have a direct effect on the personal relationship and martial commitment in the adulthood. The findings can be used to propose some strategies to maintain and develop productive relationship among couples and offer better training to people on how they should try to know each other.

Many women begin their marital life with high intimate relationships, but with time, these intimate relationships are becoming less and more difficult, and it is just when then couple burnout has begun. The purpose of this study was to comparison of the effectiveness of mindfulness education and Emotional Focused Therapy (EFT) on couple intimacy, commitment and happiness women with couple burnout. The semi-experimental study was performed as pretest-posttest with a control group. The population included all women with couple burnout who was referred to the charity of association Baghiyato Allah Al-Azam Khomeini City in 2018. From this population 36 people were selected by available sampling method and were randomly assigned to three group mindfulness (12 person), EFT (12 person) and control (12 person). Both experimental groups received eight 90 minute training sessions. The study instrument was Couple Intimacy Questionnaire (CIQ), Couple Commitment Questionnaire (CCQ), Marital Happiness Scale (MHS) and Couple Burnout Measure (CBM). Data was analyzed by SPSS software using Multivariate Covariance Analysis (MANCOVA) and One way Covariance Analysis (ANCOVA). The finding showed that a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in intimacy (p=.001, F=37.94), commitment (p=.001, F=30.77) and couple happiness (p=.001, F=58.29) in the post- test phase. Also there was no significant difference between the effectiveness of mindfulness and EFT on intimacy, commitment and intimacy happiness (p>.05). According to the finding of research it can be concluded that the mindfulness and EFT can increase the level of intimacy, commitment and couple happiness. Therefore, it is recommended that counselors and therapists use these two approaches as an effective treatment for enhancing intimacy, commitment and couple happiness.

Aims Infertility is among the main problems in a marriage. It is associated with various psychological consequences, including the inability to establish a quality couple relationship as well as an unstable marital commitment. The present study aimed to investigate marital commitment and the relationship quality in fertile and infertile couples in 2016-2017. Methods & Materials This was an analytical cohort study. The statistical population consisted of all couples admitting to Sarem subspecialty Hospital in 2016. Two hundred people (96 infertile, 104 fertile) have been randomly selected as the samples. The completed the marital commitment and the relation to quality scales. After checking the normality of the data, the statistical analysis was performed using Pearson’s correlation coefficient, Student t-test, and Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA). Findings The obtained data revealed a significant positive association between marital commitment and relationship quality in fertile and infertile couples (r=0.27 and r=0.18, respectively) (P<0.05). However, this association was stronger in the fertile couples, compared with the infertile ones (relationship quality and marital commitment: P<0.0121 and P<0.0416, respectively). Moreover, the Student t-test and MANOVA results indicated significant differences in relationship quality and marital commitment between the two groups (P<0.0001 and P<0.002, respectively). Conclusion Infertility reduces couples’ commitment and negatively affects the quality of their relationships.

Aim and Background: Marital commitment is an important factor in marital life’s consistency. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of integrative emotion-focused therapy (EFT) on marital commitment of student couples. Methods and Materials: This semi-experimental study was carried out with pre- and post- test design and control group. The statistical population included all student couples in Farhangian University of Tehran, Iran, who referred to the counseling center of the university in 2017, (50 couples, 100 individuals). Of them, 32 couples were selected by convenience sampling and randomly assigned into two groups of experimental (n = 16 couples) and control (n = 16 couples). Participants in both groups completed Dimensions of Commitment Inventory (DCI). The EFT approach was conducted for experimental group in 10 sessions, each lasting 2 hours. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) via SPSS software. Findings: Using MANCOVA, it was demonstrated that by controlling the effect of pre-test scores, the mean of total score of commitment and its components including personal, moral, and structural parameters in experimental group in post-test was significantly more than that of control group (P < 0.001).

This study showed that regarding the effectiveness of EFT on student couples’ commitment, family counselors and psychotherapists can use this approach to improve couples’ interactions

Family-of-origin health, marital commitment, and marital empathy are of factors influencing to the health of family. The aim of the current research was the assessing of the model of family of origin and marital satisfaction with mediations of marital commitment and marital empathy in nurses. This research was correlation of path analysis type. 200 married, female nurses among public and private hospitals of Shahrekord city were selected using based-purposive and voluntary sampling method and according to inclusion and exclusion criteria, and responded to the Family of Origin Scale, Marital Satisfaction Scale, Marital Commitment Questionnaire, Marital Empathy Scale as original instruments, and Family Solidarity Scale, Locke–Wallace Marital Adjustment Test and Batson Empathy Adjectives scale as convergent validity instruments. The data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and path analysis statistical methods and by SPSS-21 and AMOS statistical software's. The results of fitness indices indicated that the model was fitted and the direct path coefficients of the model showed that family of origin to marital commitment, family of origin to marital empathy, family of origin to marital satisfaction, marital commitment to marital satisfaction, and marital empathy to marital satisfaction, and the indirect path coefficients were all significant (p < 0.001). There was an emphasis on the role of commitment and marital empathy in mediating between family of origin and marital satisfaction and the necessity of conducting research on this area was discussed

Infertility is known as an important stressor threatening the personal, marital, familial, and social stability in all cultures around the world. The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of emotionally focused couple therapy on marital commitment and couple burnout among infertile couples.
This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 30 infertile couples referring to the private centers of infertility in Qom, Iran, from September 2015 to September 2016, using pretest-postest design with a control group. The study population was selected through purposive sampling technique, and then randomly assigned into the experimental (n=15 couples) and control experimental (n=15 couples) groups. All participants filled out the Dimensions of Commitment Inventory and Couple Burnout Measure. In addition, the couples in the experimental group attended 10 emotionally focused couple therapy sessions performed twice a week. The data were analyzed using the multivariate analysis of covariance and univariate analysis of covariance.
The results of the multivariate analysis of covariance showed that emotionally focused couple therapy significantly increased the posttest mean scores of marital commitment and its subscales (i.e., personal commitment, moral commitment, and structural commitment) in the experimental group (P As the findings indicated, the emotionally focused couple therapy can improve marital commitment and decrease couple burnout.

Background and Marital commitment is an important concept in family stability and health. The present study was conducted with the aim of predicting marital commitment based on sexual satisfaction, spiritual well-being, and mediatory role of responsibility among the married students studying at the University of Mohaghegh Ardabili in Ardabil, Iran.
This descriptive correlational study was conducted on the married female students living in the dormitories of the University of Mohaghegh Ardabili during 2015-2016. Out of 360 dormitory students, 150 subjects were selected using convenience sampling technique. Eventually, 126 questionnaires were analyzed. The data were collected using Marital Commitment Questionnaire, Sexual Satisfaction Questionnaire, Spiritual Well-being Scale, and Responsibility Questionnaire. Data analysis was performed by Pearson correlation and path analysis in SPSS version 23 and Amos version 23.
According to the results, marital commitment had a direct relationship with sexual satisfaction, spiritual well-being, and responsibility, rendering path coefficients of 0.60, 0.43, and 0.12, respectively. Spiritual health with the mediatory role of responsibility indirectly predicted marital commitment (P0.05).
Based on the findings, it can be concluded that sexual satisfaction, spiritual well-being, and responsibility play an important role in marital commitment; therefore, they should be taken into account.

Commitment is one of the most important predictors of individual's tendency for staying in marriage and the determined factor for anticipating duration and quality of it. Concerning the importance of cultural factors in this matter, the aim of this research was determining the role of Interactive patterns and caregiving behaviors of married people in predicting their marital commitment”. The population included 120 married people who were selected by using convenience sampling method from 5 areas in Tehran (north, south, east and west) and their Marital Commitment, Interactions and caregiving behaviors were assessed. Findings showed positive and negative communicational patterns could predict moral and personal commitment. Also the Proximity Maintenance and the Sensitive caregiving behavior could predict moral commitment as well as the Sensitivity and the Compulsive Caregiving could predict personal commitment. In addition, positive and negative pattern, sensitive and controlling caregiving behaviors could predict moral commitment and proximity maintenance and positive communicational pattern could predict personal commitment. Result of the study showed that communicational and caring styles developed based on attachment patterns of married people take an important role in marital commitment. Then by improving communicational patterns and positive caring behaviors between couples, it will be able to helping increase moral and personal commitment.