COUNSELING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Year:2006 | Volume:5 | Issue:17|Papers Count:7

Goul of the present research is studying the effects of comparative family problem solving and life style change on decrease of marital maladjustment. A total of 260ed couples have were selected and ranfomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Intervention methods of family problem solving and life style change. In each group one method of intervention was applied for 15 hours, in 11 session. Instruments used were the ENRECH marital satisfaction scale, problem-solving questionnaire, and life style cheek list. The data were analyzed by ANOVA test and HSD test.Outcomes of the research showed that each of two intervention methods decrease marital maladjustment. Family problem solving method caused decrease of marital maladjustment in following dimensions: Marital communication, conflict resolution, sexual relation, personality issues, and relationship with original family and friends. Life style change method decrease marital maladjustment, as well as personal issues, financial management, conflict resolution and sexual relation.Based on the results, counselors and psychotherapists are vecommended to select their intervention method considering the kind of maladjustment dimensions in helping couples with maladjustment.

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of group career counseling course based on cognitive information processing on decrease of dysfunctional career thoughts in Isfahan University. This investigation was a semi -experimental study. Thirty subjects were selected randomly from Isfahan University students who participated in entrepreneurship center. The subjects were placed in experimental and control groups. Group career counseling course based on cognitive information processing was administered on experimental group in six sessions. The instrument used in this research was Career Thought Inventory. Results showed group career counseling decreased total score of dysfunctional career thoughts of the subjects (p =0.01) and four subscales: Disability thoughts (p=0.01), significant others thoughts (p=0.009), lack of opportunity thoughts (p=0.002) and external conflict thoughts. This course could not decrease score of the perfection thoughts (p=0.45).

The aim of this study is effectiveness of the stress inoculation training on decrease the job stress and related psychological disorders (Depression, Anxiety, Job burnout and job dissatisfaction) among the emplyees of Iran Khodro. subjects were employees on-the-job education in Iran Khodro factory sixteen. People with were selected as sample group highest. Subjects were randomly assigned to experimented and control groups. Stress inoculation training (SIT) was performed for 9 sessions. Both groups were evaluated four times (pretest, posttest, first follow-up). Hypothese of the study are: (1) job stress of the subjects trained by stress inoculation training (Experimental group) is lower than the subject trained (Control group); (2) Depression level of the subjects in stress inoculated training (Experimental group) is lower not than the subject trained (Control group). (3) Anxiety level of the subjects trained by stress inoculation (Experimental group) is lower the subjects not trained (Control groups); (4.) job burnout of the subjects trained by stress inoculation (Experimental group) is lower than the subjects not trained (control group); (5) job satisfaction of the subject trained by stress inoculation (Experimental group) is more than the subjects not trained (control group). Analyze of the data, indicated that job stress, depression, anxiety and job burnout level of the experimental group are lower than control group while job satisfaction was higher. Meaning stress inoculation training education has decreased job stress, and related psychological desorders (Depression, Anxiety, Job burnout and job dissatisfaction).

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of carrier guidance by using Career preparation process and Entrepreneurship education for increasing job search behavior among unemployment women in shahrekord. S total of 39 women referred to Shahrekord's Red Crescent Organization were chosen randomly and placed in 3 groups of 13 subjects (two experimental groups, and a control group). The first group was trained Career preparation process model. The second group by Enrepreneurship Education, and control group received no training. Results (by using Manova analysis) showed that both of the training methods in increased job search behavior of the subjects the There was no significant difference between two training methods.

Goals of this study were (1) investigation of Iraninan couples' relationship based on Sternberg Model, (2) definition of dominant issues of couples' relationship, and (3) study of relationship between (triangular love relationships) with marital satisfaction and demographic variables. Data were collected from 66 couples (young and middle) chosen through available sampling method. Subject completed three instruments: (1) triangular love scale, (2) Enrich questionnaire, and (3) demographic characteristics scale.Analysis of data showed that there were significant differences between young and middlege couples in commitment and passion, but not in intimacy. Pillai's effect through paired t-test by Benferony correction reveald that in the middleage couples, commitment, and in young couples, passion was pre-eminent components.Study of available demographic variables showed that love relationship is predicted by level of education, Job and marriage duration, but not with age and number of the members of couples' family.Furthermore, result indicated that love relationship predicted the marital satisfaction in terms of the following issues: marital communication, sexual relation and personality issue.No meaning full correlation was detected between love relationship and others variables of marital satisfaction.