چکیده:
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of meaning-centered training on family functioning of married women. Methods: The research procedure was quasi experimental with pre-test and post-test design and control Group. Statistical population was women that referred to one of the healthy home of region 7 in Tehran who placed in experimental and control group randomly. In this study depended variable was consist of family functioning that assessed by Family Assessment Device (FAD). The independent variable was meaning-centered training that was trained to the experimental group in 10 sessions. The results were analyzed with covariate. Findings: They showed that meaning-centered training increase family functioning of married women. Conclusion: These findings noted that meaning and family interaction have closed and mutual relation together and having common meaning in marital life can apply as a method to improve family functioning.
خلاصه ماشینی:
The adjusted mean scores showed that the overall family functioning of the experimental group decreased compared to the control group after the implementation of the independent variable.
Conclusion: The results obtained indicate that meaning and family interaction have a close and reciprocal relationship, and having a shared meaning in marital life can be used as a method to improve the family functioning of women.
Meaning-centered education is also one of the spiritual approaches that is based on Frankl's logotherapy theory (Lantz F2002, 2011) and existential family therapy.
Additionally, considering the opinion of Duck and Wood F416 (2006) that changes in relationships and communication patterns affect women more than men, and that women bear the major responsibility for the success of relationships, the present research sought to investigate whether meaning-centered education is effective in improving the family functioning of married women?
The adjusted mean scores show that the overall family functioning of the experimental group increased compared to the control group after the implementation of the independent variable.
Conclusion The present research was conducted to determine the effect of meaning-centered training on improving the overall family functioning of married women.
Therefore, meaning-centered training was significantly effective on the overall family functioning of the clients and reduced its level.
Furthermore, this finding is consistent with the findings of Gider F118 (2006), Perron, Web, Wright and Jackson F219 (2006), Cotton and Zebrakki (2007), Jalali (1386), Foly F302 (1992, as cited in Mousavizadeh, 1388), Gholami and Bashlideh (1390), Hamid, Bashlideh, Abdi Baigi and Dehqani Zadeh (1390), and Shafie Abadi, Navabi Nejad, Falsavi Nejad and Najfelouei (1390).
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