Journal of Family Research

Journal of Family Research

The Comparison of Effectiveness of Acceptance-Commitment Therapy with Reality Therapy on Attachment Behavior in Marital Relationships in Women with Marital Burnout

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Abbas Tarighi Shadmahani 1
Shahnam Abolghasemi 2
Abdolhassan Farhangi 3
1 PhD Student of Psychology, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran
2 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
10.48308/jfr.2024.235089.1721
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to comparison of effectiveness of acceptance-commitment therapy with reality therapy on attachment behavior in marital relationships in women with marital burnout. This semi-experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design with control group and follow-up 2 month. In this research, the statistical population was all women who referred to counseling centers in Tehran city in year 2022. In the first stage, using convenience sampling method, 45 women with a score of 73 and above in the marital burnout questionnaire of Pines (2003) were selected and then randomly divided into 2 experimental groups (each group 15 people) and one control group (15 people) were replaced and experimental groups underwent acceptance-commitment therapy (8 sessions 90 minutes) and reality therapy (8 sessions 90 minutes). To collect data accessibility, responsiveness and empathy scale of Sandberg et al (2012). Analysis of variance with repeated measures with SPSS software was used for data analysis. The results showed that both interventions had a significant effect on attachment behavior in marital relationships among women with marital burnout (P<0.05). In addition, the results of Bonferroni post hoc test showed that acceptance-commitment therapy is more effective in attachment behavior in marital relationships (P<0.05).
Keywords
acceptance-commitment therapy
reality therapy
attachment behavior in marital relationships
marital burnout
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