Journal of Family Research
Year:2020 | Volume:16 | Issue:62|Papers Count:7

The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between corona anxiety in mothers and parent-child interaction and children's aggression during the quarantine days. The research design was descryptive and correlational. The statistical population of the study included mothers with children aged 6 to 12 in Tehran in May 2020. To conduct this research, the online sampling method and online implementation were used. The questionnaires used in the present study were Corona Disease Anxiety Scale (CDAS), Child Parent Relationship Scale (CPRS), and Primary Children's Aggression Questionnaire. Finally, the data were analyzed using SPSS24 software. The results showed that corona anxiety in mothers had a significant negative relationship (r=01. 51) with a positive overall relationship in parent-child interaction, and a significant positive relationship with aggression (r=0. 601) in children. In addition, corona anxiety in mothers with beta coefficients of 0. 324 and 0. 428, respectively, predicted a significant positive overall relationship between mothers and children and children's aggression (p<0. 01). Therefore, by providing timely and appropriate interventions and training to reduce anxiety caused by corona viruses' disease in mothers, it is possible to improve parent-child interactions and reduce children's behavioral and emotional problems.

The present study aims to identify the couples’ interpersonal pathologies among women suffering from attachment anxiety. The population studied was all women suffering from attachment anxiety and their spouses, who turned to counseling centers in Isfahan due to marital problems in 2018-2019. All specialists and therapists who were knowledgeable about attachment anxiety and its consequences and had also written texts, articles, and scientific books on the subject of attachment anxiety and the problems in the interpersonal relationships among women with attachment anxiety were a part of the statistical population. Data collection was undertaken to the extent of saturation and according to the triangulation method in three ways. including (1) 18 semi-structured interviews with 10 women with attachment anxiety and their husbands, (2) interviewing with 8 experts in the field, and (3) reviewing the literature on the subject Among those who scored the highest in the Sub-scale of Attachment Anxiety of Experiences in Close Relationship Scale (Brennan et al., 1998, quoted in Wei, Russell & Zakalik, 2005), 10 women with their spouses were selected through the use of purposive sampling. Analysis of the findings was conducted by a thematic analysis. The findings generally included 10 subcategories, which were classified into three main categories of emotional pathologies, communicational pathologyies, and functional pathologies, based on similarities and differences and content comparisons. The results showed that identifying interpersonal pathologies among women suffering from attachment anxiety and providing preventive therapeutic solutions appropriate to each pathology can be a great help in maintaining couples’ relationships, increasing marital satisfaction and promoting community health.

The aim of present study is to determine the effectiveness of Integrative Couple Therapy via Diamond Method on psychological well-being and marital conflict after the birth of the first child in couples of Ahvaz. Three couples were selected using purposeful sampling. Multiple baseline experimental single case study was used as the method of the present study. Integrative Couple Therapy via Diamond Method was carried out in three phases of baseline, intervention and follow-up and participants completed the Ryff`s Psychological Well-being Scale (PWB) and Kansas Marital Conflict Scale (KMCS). Data analyzed by visuals inspection, reliable change index (RCI) strategies and improvement percentage. The results showed that The Integrative Couple Therapy via Diamond Method has significant effect in decreasing of marital conflict but this therapy has no significant effect on psychological well-being. The Integrative Couple Therapy via Diamond Method can be effective in transition to parenthood and the family therapist can use this intervention to improvement of marital relationship quality in Iranian`s couples.

Marital infidelity is one of the most common and also destructive phenomena in marital relationship. Individual, relationship, and contextual factors are seen as important predictor of infidelity. The aim of this study was to explore the role of early maladaptive schema in marital infidelity. The data was gathered through 3 focused group of schema therapist and analyzed by Braun and Clarke method. Result present there overarching themes, trait schema component, state schema component and further schema. The first theme was about schemas and coping strategy. The analyses show the role of early maladaptive schema in disconnection and rejection, impaired limit and other directedness domains and overcompensation and surrender coping strategy. Vulnerable child mode, impulsive child mode, punitive parent mode and detached self-soother coping mode is seen in state related component. At last, individual and contextual factors are reported as further schema component. In sum, early maladaptive schemas as an individual factor can be seen as a predictor factor in marital infidelity.

Marital infidelity always comes with a severe blow to the partner; this event causes some symptoms similar to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that is one of the most difficult problems in counseling and psychotherapy. The present study aimes to determine the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on decreasing the symptoms of emotional PTSD. Research method was semi-experimental with pretest and post-test with a control group. The research population comprised of 30 participants who had a 21 and over score in emotional PTSD scale, were selected through available and purposeful sampling method and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The experimental group received 9 sessions of acceptance and commitment group therapy, but the control group had no therapy. Finally data were analyzed at two statistical levels, descriptive and inferential statistics (ANCOVA). Results show that acceptance and commitment therapy is effective (P<0/001, F=478/37) in reducing the symptoms of emotional PTSD of women affected by infidelity.

Divorce is not a sudden occurrence; Rather, it is a process that begins with the cohabitation of couples. This study aims to identify processes in cohabitation that lead to a couple's decision to divorce. In this study, the research narrative method and the narrative interview technique are used; Accordingly, couples who had been referred to the welfare crisis intervention centers by the Mashhad judiciary were interviewed, and finally 18 theoretical saturation interviews were obtained. Results show that six models of divorce can be distinguished from each other, one or more of which can exist in a family. These models include: heterog-eneous marriage model, forced marriage model, immature marriage model, patri-archal family model, low-income family model and unhealthy family model. In some families, only one process model was observed, and in others, two or more models were observed simultaneously.

The experience of divorce and parental death can lead to many psychological and behavioral problems in children. The aim of this study is to compare the symptoms of anxiety disorders, emotion expression and social acceptance in students of divorced households, parental death and normal student. The research method was causal-comparative. In this study, 71 divorced children and 63 children with parental death experience were randomly selected and 134 normal children were randomly selected and they were Screened for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders, Emotion Expression Scale and Social Acceptance Scale were used for data collection. The Two-Way MANCOVA was used to analyze the data. The results showed that the symptoms of anxiety disorders and problem in emotional expression in [0] children of the divorce and students with parental death experience were higher than normal children. Also, the mean of anxiety disorders and problem in emotional expression in divorce female children were higher than male children. In addition, the mean of social acceptance in divorce children were lower than normal children. Based on the results, using the psychological trainings and therapies to reduce psychological problems (especially anxiety disorders, problem in emotional expression and social acceptance) in students who have experienced parental divorce and parental death experience are suggested.