چکیده:
Purpose: Infidelity is an interpersonal traumatic event that can results in cognitive، affective and behavioral symptoms in the victims. In the attention to this issue، the current study was conducted in the order to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive processing therapy on the improvement of posttraumatic symptoms، quality of life، self esteem and marital satisfaction in the women exposed to infidelity. Methods: The design of this study was quasi-experimental. Fourteen women، had been selected by the opportunity sampling، responded to the questionnaires of posttraumatic stress disorder، quality of life، self esteem and marital satisfaction in the pre test stage. Then they received cognitive processing therapy. Ultimately these subjects responded to aforesaid questionnaires at post test and follow up stage again. The collected data were analyzed by ANOVA for repeated measures. Findings: The results showed that the mean difference of subject's scores at pre test، post test and follow up stage in the variables of posttraumatic symptoms، quality of life and self esteem are significant statistically. The results of Post hog test also showed that this significant difference was between pretest with posttest and follow up stage. But the mean of marital satisfaction scores were not significantly altered at these three stages. Conclusion: The results of this research pose the need to application of the one trauma focused psychotherapy such as cognitive processing therapy in the working with women exposed to infidelity.
خلاصه ماشینی:
The effectiveness of cognitive processing therapy on improving post-traumatic symptoms, quality of life, self-esteem and marital satisfaction of women faced with marital infidelity 1 Sajjad Basharpour Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili Received: 2012/03/22 Accepted: 2012/08/24 Abstract Objective: Marital infidelity is a traumatic interpersonal event that can lead to cognitive, emotional, and behavioral symptoms in the victim.
Given this, the present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of cognitive processing therapy on improving post-traumatic symptoms, quality of life, self-esteem, and marital satisfaction of women faced with the trauma of marital infidelity.
Fourteen women faced with the trauma of spousal infidelity, selected through convenience sampling, responded to questionnaires regarding post-traumatic stress disorder, quality of life, self-esteem, and marital satisfaction during the pre-test phase; then, cognitive processing therapy was implemented on them in group sessions for 12 sessions of 60 minutes each.
Conclusion: The results of this research suggest the necessity of applying a trauma-based psychotherapy method, such as cognitive processing therapy, in working with women traumatized by marital infidelity.
Given this, the main objective of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of one of the valid methods for treating post-traumatic symptoms, namely Cognitive Processing Therapy, on improving post-traumatic symptoms, quality of life, self-esteem, and marital satisfaction.
In summary, the results obtained from this research showed that Cognitive Processing Therapy was effective in improving post-traumatic symptoms, quality of life, and self-esteem of women traumatized by marital infidelity, and these results persisted after three months.
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