The Effectiveness of Reality Therapy on Marital Flexibility, Marital Burnout and Social Commitment in Couples Seeking Divorce in Malayer

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of reality-therapy based on choice theory on marital flexibility, marital boredom and social commitment of couples seeking divorce. The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test design Including  a control group < /p>  control group. The statistical population of the study Consisted of  the total number of couples applying for divorce in Malayer in 1398. From among that population, 30 couples were selected as the sample of the study based on available sampling design and were randomly Assigned into two groups of experimental and control.  in two experiments and control. The Painz (2003) Marital Boredom Questionnaire, Dennis & Wendrew's Cognitive Flexibility Questionnaire (2010), and the Adams and Jones Social Commitment Questionnaire (1997) were used to collect data. Data were analyzed by multivariate covariance statistical test. The results of the descriptive findings showed that there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups Please check this and the results of the inferential findings showed that there was a Significant difference in the cognitive flexibility variable between the control and experimental groups (P <0.05). In the marital boredom variable, there is a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in the posttest stage (P <0.05); But in the follow-up phase, there is no significant difference between the experimental and control groups in marital boredom (P <0.05). In the social commitment variable, it is also observed that there is a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in the post-test phase (5.45) and follow-up (10.28) of the social commitment (P <0.05). Based on Based on the findings , it can be stated that the intervention of reality therapy based on the theory of choice on the components of flexibility, boredom and social commitment in couples seeking divorce is effective and this type of intervention can be used in counseling and couple therapy.