COUNSELING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Year:2007 | Volume:5 | Issue:20|Papers Count:5

Infertility is biopsychosocial problem which effects different aspects of infertile couple life. It causes many different problems. These women need social and psychological supports. CBT counseling group can help them adjust themselves with infertility problem. We selected 14 infertile women (7 in experimental group and 7 in control group). Scl questionnaire was used for pretest, post test, and 2 follow-up tests. In 10 sessions of 3 hours, CBT group counseling for experimental group was used. Evaluation of the 2 groups (post test) was done. After one month, the first follow up, and after 3 month the second follow-up was done. Research design was quosi-experimental and repeated measures. The menthodology was description statistics, independent test, and repeated measure. The results show decrease of different psychological problems (for example, personality disorder, anxiety, depression, physical problem, sensitivity, paranoid ideation and obsession) in experimental groups. The experimental group in comparison with control group has significant decrease (p < 0/01) in personality disorder. So support groups are recommending for adjusting to infertility.

The aim of this research improvement of Tehrani male high school students relationship with their parents by problem solving process. In this research, fifteen school districts were selected by the cluster random sampling. Three of these high school and 40 students is each school were randomly selected. The subjects filled out the parent-child questionnaire fifteen of the student subjects with parent-child conflict were assigned to excremental and fifteen of them to control groups excremental group was given 10 sessions of problem solving skills. Instrument of the research was conflicts Tactics (CT) scale. Data analysis indicated that problem-solving skills training significantly reduced verbal and physical aggression of the students against their parents. Additionally, use of reasoning strategies significantly in creased.

The conflictual couples are unhappy with characterstks and habits of their partners. They also have problems in their communication, lesure time, sexual relationship, and issues with in-laws and friends.The solution-focused therapy is a brief approach to treatment of couples conflicts. It was developed by deshazer and his wife, Kimberg in 1970s and 19805. This approach focuses on strengths rather than weaknesses, possibilities rather than limitations, health rather than pathology, and solution rather than history and causes of the problem.The research group was conflictual couples referred to family counseling centers from May (2006) to May (2006).The sample group of 20 couples (10 experimental, 10 control) was randomly selected. Solution-focused couple therapy was carried out in 6 weekly sessions. The results in dicated that solution-focused couple therapy reduced the total and the subscales scores of marital conflict (P<0.01).

This study examined the effect of solution-focused counseling on Marital Satisfaction of dual- career couples.Twenty four couples participated in this study. At The beginning all of the couples were given pretest. Based on the results of pretest in global distress scale, the couples were randomly divided in to three groups. Twelve couples assigned in to control group and twelve couples in the solution-focused group. Seven sessions of solution - focused counseling was conducted for the experimental group. Control group received no education. These two groups received post test of "MSI -R" at the end of the experiment. Follow - up test was conducts after one month.Results showed that solution-focused counseling had increased marital satisfaction of the couples significantly (p<0/01).Solution-focused counseling had significantly improved subscales and the global distress, affective communication, and problem solving communication significantly (P< 0/01).

This is empirical evaluation of the effects of Mutual understanding of Gender Essence Training on Famale's Attitude (18 to 24) of Jihad center students of Shiraz toward Mate Selection. Thirty Students were chosen randomly and located in two groups (group1, based on Angelis's Principals, and Doctrines Training and group Control). This study's hypothesis is: Mutual understanding of Gender Essence Training effect on Females' .Attitude (18 to 24) toward Mate Selection.Subjects participated in 8, sessions of 2 hours. Mate Selection Scale (AMSS), is a reliable and valid in Iran. Pre - test and pos t- test were conducted. This scale has 75 items, and 9 subscales. Total scores ranged from 75 to 300. Lower score indicate that the subjects have more positive attitude toward mate selection. One -way analyses was conducted. Following are the results:1-Mutual understanding of Gender Essence Training influenced Females' Attitude toward Mate Selection.2 -Training influenced subscalesl, 6, 7 and 9.