The effectiveness of cognitive hypnosis therapy on women's body image and marital satisfaction

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive hypnosis therapy on the body image and marital satisfaction of women. The studychr('39')s design was of type of quasi-experimental and pre-test-post-test-follow-up with the control group. The statistical population included all women referred to one of the counselling centers of  Babolsar. 22 women were selected by available sampling method and according to inclusion criteria and assigned to experimental and control groups randomly (11 subjects for each group). The experimental group individually received cognitive hypnosis therapy for 11 ninety minutes weekly sessions, while the control group did not receive any intervention during this period. Both groups answered the Littleton Body Image Scale (BICI) and Enrich Marital Satisfaction questionnaire (ESQ-47) in three stages of pre-test, post-test, and follow-up. The collected data were analyzed using the covariance analysis statistical method and the Ben Ferroni post hoc test. The results of covariance analysis showed a significant difference between body image and marital satisfaction scores in post-test and follow-up stages of both experimental and control groups and cognitive hypnosis therapy resulted in increasing marital satisfaction and improving womenchr('39')s body image and after two months the results were consistent. Therefore, based on the findings of the present study, the use of cognitive hypnosis therapy can be suggested as a suitable and effective treatment method in individual, familial, and couples counseling.