COUNSELING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Year:2018 | Volume:17 | Issue:67 |Papers Count:10

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of Premarital Prepare counseling on marital satisfaction of Couples in Engagement Period. The research was quasi-experimental using control group, pre-and post test and follow-up design. Statistical sample was 30 couples in Engagement Period were selected by purposive sampling among couples settled in Yazd (spring 1396), and were randomly assigned into two controls and experimental groups. then the experimental group participated in 7 sessions for Premarital Prepare counseling. Both groups completed marital satisfaction questionnaire (ENRICH) in pre and posttest and follow-up. At the end, the results between 2 groups were compared through mixed analysis of variance. The results showed a significant increase in the mean of marital satisfaction in posttest in the experimental group (p<0. 05). The findings of this research, confirmed the effectiveness OF Premarital Prepare counseling on marital satisfaction of Couples in Engagement Period and it could be effective for determining counseling and educational planning for such couples.

Purpose: This research was conducted with the aim of detemining the effectiveness of couples coping enhancement training on improving marital relationships. Methods: In this research, quasi-experimental design, a randomized controlled trial with baseline, post treatment, and follow-up assessments along with attention control and control group was conducted. Total of 36 couples were selected through convenience sampling from couples who had refered to court in Shahr-e-Kord in the spring of 1396 for marital problems. They were randomly assigned to either the experimental group (n=12; under administration of couples coping enhancement training in 9 group sessions once a week), attention control group (n=12; under administration of mere meeting with therapist in 9 group sessions once a week), and control group (n=12). All couples completed an ENRICH Couples Scale in three phases of baseline, post treatment, and follow-up. Data with combination of couple mean scores were analyzed using SPSS and descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: Results of analysis of variance with repeated measures indicated that the couples receiving the couples coping enhancement training reported significant difference in the mean of marital relationship scores compared to attention control and control group couples in post treatment (2 months after the baseline assessment) and follow-up (8 months after the baseline assessment) periods (F=8/105, P<0/001). Conclusion: According to the results, couples coping enhancement training is an effective method on improving marital relationships.

Purpose: This study was done to predict sexual communication based on attachment style and differentiation of self in married female students of Universities in city of Ahvaz. The 220 participants were selected through accessible sampling. Methods: The participants completed Wheeless & Baus Sexual Communication Scale (1984), Simpson Adult Attachment Scale Questionnaire (2003), and Differentiation of Self Inventory by Skowron and Friedlander (1998). For data analysis, descriptive methods, simple correlation coefficient, and step-by-step regression method was used. Results: The results showed a positive meaningful relationship between secure attachment style and my-position, with sexual communication. Moreover, secure attachment style, distressed attachment style, and secure and distress element the component attachment style and emotional discord (p<0/001) are the best predictors of sexual communication. Conclusion: According to the study findings, it seems that couples with secure attachment style and high levels of differentiation have higher satisfaction about their sexual communication, and consequently have more stable marriages.

Aim: The aim of this study was to compare the parent-adolescent perception about the flexibility of family boundaries based on development. Methods: this research was done by qualitative research method and phenomenological approach. By convenience sampling, 10 girl adolescents aged from 15 to 17 and their mothers aged 37 to 55 were selected and their perceptions of family boundaries were studied by deep semi-structured interviews. Then the data were classified and coded and the results were expressed by validity report method. Findings: the analysis of participants’ experiences leaded to three main themes which include flexibility, lack of flexibility and exorbitant flexibility of family boundaries from parents and their adolescents’ point of view. Also from each of the three themes above, 14, 5 and 1 sub-themes in parents and 3, 5 and 6 sub-themes in adolescents were gained. Conclusion: the results showed that according to the in transition context of the society of Iran, none of the two conditions of lack of flexibility and exorbitant flexibility can meet the adolescents’ needs and protect the basic security of family. Hence it seems essential for the officials of mental health, to make parents aware of how to balance the boundaries inside the family. Also conducting negotiations on family rules and the compliance of parents on the boundaries were the preventing factors of problems in families with flexible boundaries, that ignoring them in families with strict or permissive boundaries causes dissatisfaction in adolescents and makes the basic safety of family at risk.

Purpose: This research administrated with the goal of studying the trend of changes in marital satisfaction, sexual satisfaction and subjective well-being in the first 5 years of marital life. Method: So, 200 married women of Sari City aged 40-16 years were selected using convenience sampling. They answered to the scales The Index of Sexual Satisfaction-short‐ form, Relationship Assessment scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale, and Oxford Happiness Questionnaire-short form. Results: The results indicated that marital satisfaction and sexual satisfaction decreased by linear trend in the first five years of married life, while life satisfaction and happiness decreased by quadratic nonlinear in the first three years of marital life of women, then gradually increases. Conclusion: Focus on the underlying causes of marital satisfaction and sexual satisfaction can guarantee to increase life satisfaction and happiness and lead to continuation of marriage in later years of the couple's life.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the life experience of Minority Students in Sar-e-Pol-e Zahab city in order to investigate the role of psychosocial support factors on their adaptability in earthquake crisis situations. Method: The research was conducted with qualitative approach and content analysis method in 1397 in Sar-e-Pol-e Zahab city. Sampling was based on purpose and the data were collected through semi-structured interview with 11 graduate students in Sar-e-Pol-e-Zahab city to reaching information saturation. Findings: The results of the analysis of the findings were expressed in five main categories: "Family protection, self-support, counseling support, social protection and spiritual protection" and with the subcategories belonging to each class. Conclusion: The results of the study showed that after-school students who experienced an earthquake after receiving some degree of family support, self-support, counseling, social support and spiritual support were received. As a result, they were able to return to school with social psychosocial support.

Purpose: Mental rumination is a strong predictor for depression. Depression can damage the marital relationship. Therefore, this study was aimed at investigating the consequences of rumination in women with marital conflicts. Methods: This research was carried out qualitatively using thematic analysis method. The sampling method was purposeful and continued until data saturation. The data was obtained from 15 married women who had marital conflicts. To collect data, semi-structured interviews were used. Results: After analyzing the data content, six main categories were obtained, including: symptoms of depression (physical pains, loss of energy, impatience, reduced desire to live, sleep problems and lack of motivation, and lower sexual desires), negative emotions (anger, sadness, hatred, sense of revenge, malice, and anxiety), impulsivity (aggression and lack of control over behavior), lowered efficiency (aggression to children, reduced association with children, and failing to do the household chores), getting caught up in negative association cycles (controversy, criticism, resentment towards spouse), and resentment towards others (reduced communication with others and withdrawal). Conclusion: When the conflict is not resolved, the process of mental rumination is activated in women which leads to consequences such as reduced efficacy in both individual and marital relationships, as well as depression. Depression leads to increased mental rumination and marital conflics.