The Effectiveness of Cognitive Therapy Based-Mindfulness on Marital Satisfaction and Psychological Symptoms Women Married

Subject Areas : Educational

kamran yazdanbakhsh ¹ , narges mohammad najjar ² , ali ahmadian ³ , Zahra Ghasemlo Nasab ⁴ , Ziba Arhami Isaloo ⁵

1 - Assistant Professor of Public Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.
2 - MA General Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Tehran West Branch, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Ph.D. student of psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
4 - Master of Educational Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Hamadan Branch, Hamadan, Iran.
5 - MA General Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran

Received: 2019-03-18 Accepted : 2020-12-02 Published : 2021-11-22

Keywords: Psychological symptoms, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, marital satisfaction, married women,

Abstract :

The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive therapy based-mindfulness on marital satisfaction and psychological symptoms among married women. The study was of a semi-experimental type with pre-test post-test with control group. The population of the study of married women admitted to the clinic in district 2 in Tehran City, Iran in year 2019,  and 30 of them ­ were selected using convenient sampling method and placed in two groups of 15 subjects each (experimental and control). Research instruments included Syndrome Checklist Psychological (Derogatis, Lipman & Covi, 1973) and Marital Satisfaction (Enrich, 1983) Questionnaires. The experimental group received 8 sessions of mindfulness training and each session took one hour and half. After that, post-test was conducted. In order to analyze data, ­ multivariate covariance analysis was used. The obtained results of multivariate covariance analysis indicated that Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy was effective and significant in decreasing the score of psychological symptoms (Somatization, Depression & Anxiety) and increasing the marital satisfaction among subjects in experimental group (P≤0.001). on the basis of results, it could be said that Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy could have a positive impact on psychological symptoms women (Somatization, depression and anxiety) and marital satisfaction.

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