The impact of integrated narrative therapy and imagotherapy on attitudes to marriage in marriage volunteers

research has been indicated about effectiveness of narrative therapy But does the combination of narrative therapy and imagotherapy affect attitudes to marriage?

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the combined approach of narrative therapy and imagotherapy on marital expectations in marriage volunteers.

The research method is semi-experimental with experimental and control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of 80 girls and boys of marriage age in Boroujerd. Using a convenience sampling method from 60 men and women who were willing to participate in the research, a total of 60 person were selected for the experimental and control groups. The attitude to Marriage Scale (MAS) Brateen& Rosen (1998) was used for data collection. Each of the experimental groups received 8 sessions 11-minute of combined Imagotherapy and Couples Narrative Therapy (Shaver, Niener & Albert, Aurangz, 2018). Multivariate analysis of covariance was used to analyze the data.

The results showed that the combined approach of imagotherapy and narrative therapy on attitude to marriage (pessimistic attitude to marriage, optimistic attitude to marriage and realistic attitude to marriage) had a positive effect on both post-test and follow-up (p<0/01).

Therefore, it is possible to use a combination of narrative therapy and imagotherapy on a realistic view of marriage in marriage volunteers.