The Effect of Transactional-Analysis-Group Counseling on Reducing Women’s Marital Conflict

Subject Areas : Journal of Educational Psychology

Sahar Hayatbakhsh ¹ , Abdollah Shafiabadi ² , Bagher Sanaei Zaker ³

1 - M.A Counseling. Khatam University
2 - Professor. Department of counseling, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Professor. Department of counseling, Tarbiyat Moalem University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2010-11-07 Accepted : 2011-01-25 Published : 2011-02-20

Keywords: transactional analysis, Marital conflicts, Group counseling,

Abstract :

This study aimed to investigate the effect of transactional-analysis-group counseling on reducing marital conflicts in women. In this quasi-experimental study, 24 women with marital conflicts (based on the marital conflict questionnaire) who had referred to counseling centers in Ramsar were selected by available sampling and participated in the study. The subjects were randomly assigned in two groups of experimental and control. The subjects of the experimental group received 90 minutes of group counseling through TA during 8 sessions. The variables of cooperation, sexual relationship, emotional reaction, and family relationship with wife and friend relatives were examined by MCQ before and after the intervention. After analyzing the statistical data with covariance analysis, significant changes were observed in all variables. Based on our findings in this study, it was indicated that group counseling through TA was the effective method in reducing marital conflicts in women.