The Effect of Cognitive Behavioral Couple Therapy on Reduction of Marital Conflicts and Burnout of Couples

Abstract

Introduction and objective: family is the most important institute of every society and the society will be developed if the family positively does their performances. If there is a conflict in the family, its performance will be disordered. This study has been conducted to assess the effect of cognitive behavioral couple therapy on reduction of marital conflicts and burnout of couples. Methodology: the type of this experimental study is pretest-posttest with control and test groups. Statistical population of study includes couples of Golestan province, Iran. The sample size was obtained to 64 members using simple random sampling and they were placed into two test and control groups. Both groups were pretest before implementation of protocol and posttest was conducted for both groups after implementation of protocol. The obtained data were analyzed through SPSS20 software using formulas of mean and standard deviation as well as covariance formula at inferential level. Findings: the analyses indicated that training of cognitive behavioral skills has a significant effect with coefficient of 0/46 on marital conflicts and training of cognitive behavioral skills has a significant effect on marital burnout with coefficient of 0/65. Discussion and conclusion: according to the findings of this study, it is suggested to experts and consultants in field of family and family therapy consider training of cognitive behavioral skills as an important factor before marriage or within conflict between couples.

Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Couple Therapy on Reducing Depression and Anxiety Symptoms and Increasing Dyadic Adjustment and Marital Social Skills: An Exploratory Study

“…Thus, this study was also positive because according spouses’ reports, they improved their perception of cognitive distortions and of their partners, and consequently, they also reported improvements in communication, dyadic adjustment, and depressive and anxiety symptoms. In this article, we have emphasized that CBCT intervention modified this panorama significantly; both spouses within a couple showed reduced depression levels, improved marital adjustment, and social skills in the post therapy, thereby corroborating the literature data (Cohen et al, 2014; Del Prette et al, 2008; Epstein & Zheng, 2017; Fischer et al, 2016; Moazinezhad & Arefi, 2017; Rajani et al, 2016; Sardinha et al, 2009; Shayan et al, 2018; Sher, 2011).…”

“…In summary, CBCT treatments may improve relationship satisfaction and promote well-being and also reduce emotional and psychological violence (Hurless & Cottone, 2018). It is necessary to note that long-term intimate relationships in conflicts might lead to a range of harm psychosocial variables, aggressive behaviors, and greater risk and vulnerabilities for mental disease (Rajani et al, 2016). On the order hand, healthier people are more likely to remain in an intimate relationship and they tend to have more resources to solve problems.…”

The impact of effective communication skills training on the status of marital burnout among married women

“…The results of the this study showed that the mean score of total marital burnout after the intervention was significantly difference between two groups and the rate of total marital burnout was significantly decreased in experimental group. The results of Rajani's study showed that the implementation of cognitive-behavioral couple therapy in the experimental group significantly reduced conflict and marital burnout among couples [2]. A study conducted by Sirin with the aim of investigating the effect of family education programs on the marital burnout among married women showed that the implementation of this intervention program significantly reduced marital burnout among married women in the experimental group compared to the control group [31].…”

“…The history of marriage can be traced back to the beginning of history. Throughout history, marriage has been one of the most exciting and stressful events in everyone's life [1,2]. The formation of a healthy marriage is one of the factors for the successful establishment of a family, which will undoubtedly have a positive impact on society [3].…”