Compilation of forgiveness-oriented schema therapy package and its comparison with schema therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy and its effect on commitment, intimacy of women with marital conflicts referred to counseling clinics in Shiraz family

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• fereshteh bagherizadeh moghaddam ¹
• Flora khayatan ¹
• Zahra Yosefi ²

¹ Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch, Khorasgan, Isfahan, Iran.

² Department of Clinical Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch, Khorasgan, Isfahan, Iran

10.30495/jpmm.2021.27485.3334

Abstract

Introduction & Objective: The aim of this study was to develop a forgiveness-oriented schema therapy educational package and compare its effectiveness with schema therapy and cognitive-behavioral timing on marital intimacy, marital commitment on women with marital conflicts in Shiraz. It was an exploratory research project with two stages, qualitative and quantitative. In the qualitative stage, in order to compile the forgiveness-based treatment schema package, the qualitative method of thematic analysis (thematic) was data-driven, and in the quantitative part, a four-group quasi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test and control group was used. Scientific sources included books, articles and dissertations related to the field of marital conflicts and in a small part included women with marital conflicts who referred to counseling centers in Shiraz in 1998. They and having the criteria for entering and leaving the study were randomly assigned to 15 people in each of the three training groups and 15 people in the control group for a total of 60 people. Results: Findings in the qualitative stage, the training package fits the forgiveness-oriented schema therapy scheme With the needs of women with marital conflicts in the form of 11 90-minute sessions with a specialized agreement of 0.924

Keywords

• Forgiveness-oriented schema therapy
• schema therapy
• forgiveness therapy
• marital intimacY

20.1001.1.22285516.1400.12.44.6.3

Main Subjects

• Psychological Models and Methods

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