نشریه مشاوره کاربردی
سال دوازدهم شماره 1 (بهار و تابستان 1401)

Child sexual abuse can affect many areas of the life of adults with this experience, such as their marital relationship. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the lived experience of the consequences of childhood sexual abuse on the quality of marital relationship in men and women using a qualitative phenomenological approach. In the present study, 16 participants (11 females and 5 males) were selected by purposive sampling. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and this process continued until data saturation. Data analysis was performed using Colaizzi’s method. The results of data analysis revealed four main categories including consequences in emotional relationship, dysfunctional coping behaviors, consequences in sexual relationship, and psychological consequences. This study elaborated the experience of child sexual abuse in the context of marital life as well as its consequences for marital life. The results showed this phenomenon affected the emotional and sexual relationship of the participants and also led to psychological problems and dysfunctional coping behaviors among them.  Based on the findings of this study, it can be concluded that the experience of sexual abuse in childhood can have long-term effects on the lives of the affected people and influence their quality of marital life.

The present study aimed to develop and validate a questionnaire to assess the possibility of marital adjustment so as to help experts make sound decisions about couples on the brink of divorce. The study was conducted using an exploratory method (instrument development) in two phases. In the first phase, based on qualitative method of grounded theory and using interviews with 33 couples on the brink of divorce and 15 marriage and divorce counselors, marital adjustment factors were explored and a questionnaire was designed in two versions for men and women. In the second phase, based on the quantitative method, the validity and reliability of the questionnaire were evaluated by purposefully selecting 262 women and 202 men visiting counseling centers in Isfahan. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed using SPSS and AMOS and Cronbach’s alpha of the questionnaire and its subscales were calculated. The results showed that two main categories including positive resources and negative resources of marital relationship (deterrents to divorce) are involved in marital adjustment. The results indicated that love, trust, sexual relationship, acceptance, justice, and fairness were the subcategories of positive resources of marital relationship for men and women. Besides, deterrent attitudes, family of origin, children (for men and women) and socio-economic conditions (for women) were determined as the subcategories of the negative resources of the marital relationship. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis also provided a significant explanation of the variance of the variable under study by the factors both for women (0.48) and for men (0.49)

One’s current marital or romantic relationship status can be assessed according to marital satisfaction and intimacy. This study aimed to investigate the factors related to intimacy and marital satisfaction based on the lived experience of incompatible couples. This qualitative study was conducted using a phenomenological approach. The statistical population of the study included all incompatible couples in Yazd in 2020. A total of 12 couples (24 persons/12 females and 12 males) were selected by purposive sampling. Qualitative data were collected using semi-structured interviews and then coded by Colaizzi’s method and analyzed through extracting main themes and subthemes. The results showed that the dimensions of the pattern of intimacy and marital satisfaction based on the analysis of couples’ lived experience include family factors (interference in couples’ marital life, not respecting the spouse), interpersonal factors (lack of mutual trust, lack of empathy, lack of privacy), and individual factors (irresponsibility, insecure attachment, emotional immaturity). The results also revealed paying attention to family, interpersonal, and individual factors helps couples to experience more satisfaction and intimacy in life.

 Given the importance of the family institution in Iran and the key role that parents play in establishing and maintaining sustainable families, Therefore, survey family-related concepts is of great importance. Therefore, this study was done to develop a model of concepts related to the whole family office in healthy and anxious individuals with qualitative research and grounded theory. method.qualitatively using the content analysis approach. For this purpose, 10 people were referred to psychiatric clinics and 7 healthy people were selected from Shahroud city in 2009-2010 were studied using purposeful, and theoretical sampling method. The data using semi-structured interviews were recorded, coded and classified in the form of concepts, sub-categories and categories.The findings showed that the perceived sense of injustice and discrimination in anxious individuals in the extended family caused an imbalance in the general office of the family and led to a sense of not being earned and a sense of destructive religion and loyalty. Anxious people had a low capacity to endure failures, while healthy people had a sense of justice and fairness. The sense of belonging of healthy people was to the parents and included the spouse in the intergenerational cycle. They also had a positive mental outlook on both their parents and their relationship. Finally, using the data of two models and based on the contextual-process-intervention theory, three steps were obtained: 1- Investigating justice and fairness in close relationships, 2- Modifying dependencies in close relationships and 3. Strengthen communication in close relationships.

In recent decades, various studies have investigated the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral couple therapy approach on improving various variables such as depression, infidelity, conflict, boredom, dissatisfaction and resilience of couples. Many of these studies have reported significant changes compared to the control group, but their exact impact is unclear and requires the integration of these studies. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to determine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral couple therapy on reducing marital problems. This study uses meta-analysis method to integrate the results of different researches to determine the effect of cognitive-behavioral couple therapy. 16 researches that were methodologically feasible were selected and meta-analysis was performed on them. Data search sources were internal scientific databases. It was the University Jihad Scientific Database (SID), Noor Magazines (Noormags), Iran Magiran Database, the Comprehensive Humanities Portal (ensani.ir) and the Islamic World Citation Database (ISC). Data analysis was performed using SPSS16 software and the effect size was calculated using CMA2 software and g index. The findings of this meta-analysis showed that the magnitude of the effect of cognitive-behavioral couple therapy on reducing couples' problems for the couple intervention method is 1.57, the magnitude of the effect of individual intervention is 1.23 and the magnitude of the overall effect is 1.37mated. It seems that the cognitive-behavioral couple therapy approach is effective in reducing marital problems and can be used in counseling centers. The estimated estimates of the effect size in each study can be real and beyond the coincidence, which means that there is a significant difference in the size of the effects observed in the studies reviewed in this meta-analysis.

This study aims was to investigate  the effectiveness of Islamic happiness education on training vitality and positive and negative effects in women with marital conflict in a quasi-experimental design of pre-test and post-test type with a control group. The population of this study included women with marital conflicts referred to counseling centers in the east of Tehran city in that thirty womens were selected using voluntary-purposive sampling method and randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. The participants of the experimental group underwent 8 sessions of 90 minutes of Islamic happiness training, and the participants of experimental and control groups completed the Subjective Vitality Scale and the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule at the beginning and end of the intervention. Analysis of covariance statistical method and SPSS-21 software at the was used for data analysis. According to the results, Islamic happiness education in women with marital conflict was effective in improving mental vitality and positive affects, and reducing negative emotions. Therefore, happiness and Islamic-oriented interventions can help married people to improve the level of subjective vitality and reducing positive and negative affect.