چکیده:
Objective: The purpose of the present study was to study the effects of hope-oriented group-couple- therapy on the increase of marital satisfaction among wives with addicted husbands. Method: The design of study was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and a control group. Population of the study included all wives with addicted husbands who volunteered to participate in the hope-oriented group- couple-therapy sessions, held in 2010 at Residential and Rehabilitatory Place of Aftab Population. Sampling was achieved through random selection which assigned 6 couples in the experiment and six couples in the control groups. Enrich marital satisfaction-short form was the instrument utilized in the study consistency coefficient for the questionnaire was calculated at .091 by Asgari & Bahmani (2010). Hope-oriented group-couple- therapy sessions involved a pre-session and 8 main sessions which were held once a week, each 1.5 hour to hold these sessions practical instructions on hope therapy, as suggested by Snyder, et. al & Verthington (cited in Bahari, 2010) were utilized. Data analysis was conducted by SPSS using descriptive statistics methods (drawing tables, depiction of diagrams and using mean and standard deviation for the study variables) and inferential statistics methods (including Colmogrov-Smirnov test, t-test for independent groups, Lewin test, Q-Square test and co-variance test). Results: Results of covariance analysis revealed hope-oriented group-couple-therapy intervention could significantly increase marital satisfaction among couples of the experimental group as compared to the control group. Discussion: to summarize, this study showed the effects of using couple therapy, the advantages of group therapy, the advantages of adopting a hope-oriented approach and the benefits of making use of multiple therapeutic methods (such as cognitive-behavioral, problem-oriented, motivational and narrative therapies).
خلاصه ماشینی:
University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran Objective: The purpose of the present study was to study the effects of hope-oriented group-couple- therapy on the increase of marital satisfaction among wives with addicted husbands.
Population of the study included all wives with addicted husbands who volunteered to participate in the hope-oriented group- couple-therapy sessions, held in 2010 at Residential and Rehabilitatory Place of Aftab Population.
Keywords: group couple therapy, hope therapy, marital satisfaction, wives with addicted husbands Submitted: 12 March 2010 Accepted: 29 March 2010 Introduction Marriage has been described as the most important and basic human relationship, as it lays the initial foundations for forming familial relationships and educating the upcoming generation ( 1).
Population of the study included all couples with addicted husbands who volunteered to take part in the hope-centered group-couple- therapy sessions held at the residential and rehabilitative place of Aftab Society, at summer 1388.
46۴۶ Vol. 8 – No. 11 Hypothesis: hope-centered group-couple therapy will increase marital satisfaction in couples with addicted husbands.
Results of this study suggested couples with addicted husbands who received group hope- centered therapy showed higher marital satisfaction in comparison to couples in the control group.
In the following sections we will explain the results to see the role of the factors which probably helped hope- centered group couple therapy sessions increase marital satisfaction among couples with addicted husbands: 1.
study of the influence of Transactional – Analysis – Oriented Group Therapy on marital satisfaction in couples , Family Research Quarterly ,2(8): 383-402.