Comparison of the Effectiveness of Existential Therapy and Compassion-based therapy on Psychological Well-being and Marital Disturbance of Conflicting Women

Nameni, Ebrahim; Jajarmi, Mahmoud; Soliemanian, Ali Akbar

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Phd student, Department of Counseling, Bojnourd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bojnourd, Iran

² Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling, Bojnourd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bojnourd, Iran

³ Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sciences and Counseling, Faculty of Humanities, Bojnourd University, Bojnourd, Iran

Abstract

Introduction: Existential therapy examines man's self-awareness and his ability to look beyond his own problems and existential issues.The purpose of this study is to investigate the comparison of the existential therapy effewctivity and compassion-based therapy on psychological well-being and marital disturbance of women with the marital conflict.
Materials and Methods: The research design was semi-experimental and pre-test, post-test and follow-up with the control group.The research community includes all married women who had referred to Sabzevar counseling centers in the first six months of 2019 due to marital disputes among them, 45 women were selected availabe. The experimental group was treated for 8 sessions of 90-minute weekly treatment and the witness group did not receive any intervention during this period.Schneider's marital confusion questionnaire(1997) and psychological well-being scale(1989) were the research tools. To analyze the data, a repeated measurement analysis of variance test and Ben Ferroni tracking test were used.
Results: Research findings showed that the impact of existential therapy on psychological well-being is more than compassion-based therapy and on the contrary, the effect of compassion-based therapy on marital confusion is more than existential therapy. It should be noted thatthe durability of treatment effect is maintained after two months.
Conclusion According to research findings, existential therapy and compassion-based therapy can be used to increase psychological well-being and reduce marital confusion.

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Main Subjects

Psychology

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Journal of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences

Comparison of the Effectiveness of Existential Therapy and Compassion-based therapy on Psychological Well-being and Marital Disturbance of Conflicting Women

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Volume 28, Issue 4
September and October 2021
Pages 608-620

Comparison of the Effectiveness of Existential Therapy and Compassion-based therapy on Psychological Well-being and Marital Disturbance of Conflicting Women

References

References

Volume 28, Issue 4September and October 2021Pages 608-620

Volume 28, Issue 4
September and October 2021
Pages 608-620