The Effectiveness of Compassion-Focused Therapy on Sexual Satisfaction, Emotional Regulation, and Resilience in Nurses with burnt Marriage Syndrome

In compassion-focused therapy, individuals learn to avoid and suppress their emotions so that they can recognize and experience their compassion. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of compassionate, focused therapy on sexual satisfaction, emotional adjustment, and resilience in shift nurses with burnt Marriage Syndrome in Tabriz with a 3-month follow-up.

This quasi-experimental study was performed with a pre-test-post-test and control group. The sample consisted of 40 nurses in Tabriz in 2019 who scored higher on the burnt Marriage Syndrome questionnaire (one standard deviation by cut-off point) and were randomly divided into two experimental (n = 20) and control (n = 20) groups. Then, sexual satisfaction, emotion regulation, and resilience questionnaires were completed by the subjects of both groups. The intervention based on compassionate therapy was administered to the experimental group for 12 sessions of 90 minutes each week. After completing the sessions, the questionnaires were again completed in both groups and finally, after three months follow up. Data were analyzed using repeated measures test.

Data analysis showed a significant difference between the mean of post-test scores and follow-up of the experimental group compared to the pre-test (P < 0.01). But there was no significant difference between pre-test and post-test (P > 0.05).

Considering the positive effect of compassion-focused therapy on sexual satisfaction, emotion regulation and resilience.