The Effectiveness of Schema Therapy on Marital Satisfaction and Marital Adjustment in Couples Khoy City
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Akbar Soleimannezhad
1
,
Norieh Hajizadeh
2
1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Payame Noor, Tehran, Iran
2 - M.A. in Cilinical Psychology, Faculty of Human Sciences and Psychology, Marand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marand, Iran
Keywords: Schema therapy, Marital satisfaction, Marital adjustment.,
Abstract :
The present study aimed to investigate the effects of schema therapy on marital adjustment and marital satisfaction in couples referring to health centers of Khoy city. The research method was quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design, a control group, and a follow-up stage. The Statistical population composes of all married women aged 25-40 referring to health centers of Khoy city year 2019. The sampling process was conducted with a random method of simple sampling; 60 women were chosen as sample groups and were determined randomly into experimental groups (n=30) and control groups (n=30). The experimental group received the initial maladaptive Yang et al. (2003) schema therapy for ten 90-minute sessions, and the control group was placed on the waiting list. The research tools included the Enrich marital satisfaction questionnaire (Enrich, 1989) and Instrument included marital adjustment questionnaire (Spanier,1976). Descriptive statistical indexes and analysis of covariance test were applied orderly to data description and testing of research hypotheses. These results showed that Schema therapy affects marital satisfaction and adjustment, and this effect was stable at the follow-up stage. Also, the results of the covariance analysis showed that the interaction schema therapy effect on the marital satisfaction and adjustment components was significant (P<0.05). Regarding the results search, it possibly concluded that schema therapy is an effective intervention in increasing couples’ marital satisfaction and marital adjustment.