The Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy on Job Stress and Marital Satisfaction

Job stress is one of the factors that negatively affect other aspects of a person's work and social life. Also, marital satisfaction is a very important aspect of the couple's relationship and plays an important role in the couple's psychological health. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy on job stress and marital satisfaction in married police officers in Kermanshah.  

The present study was a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest with a control group. In this study, 20 police officers in Kermanshah were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (Each group consisted of 10 persons). The instruments used in this study were Enrich Marital Satisfaction and the HSE Questionnaires, which were distributed among the members of the two groups in the pre-test and post-test stages. Then, the experimental group received cognitive-behavioral therapy for 8 sessions (1.5 hours each session). Yuman-Whitney test in SPSS-25 software was used for data analysis.  

The results of the Yuman Whitney test showed that there is a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in job stress (p < 0.05) and job satisfaction (p < 0.05).  

According to the results, appropriate training and treatment courses should be held to promote marital satisfaction and reduce job stress in police officers.