Seyed Esmaeil Mousavi Haghighi; Ali Pouladi Rishehri; Seyed Asghar Mousavi
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Background: Family and marital abnormalities are among the risk factors of psychological trauma in family members and threaten the family system, which is the basis of any healthy society. The aim of the present study was to compare the effects of cognitive-behavioral couple therapy (CBCT) and acceptance ...
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Background: Family and marital abnormalities are among the risk factors of psychological trauma in family members and threaten the family system, which is the basis of any healthy society. The aim of the present study was to compare the effects of cognitive-behavioral couple therapy (CBCT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) on intimacy and marital adjustment among couples applying for divorce.Methods: This is a quasi-experimental study based on a pretestposttest design with a control group. The study population consisted of all married people applying for divorce in Bushehr city, (Iran) in 2021, 45 of whom were selected as the sample through convenience sampling and randomly and equally assigned to three groups (n= 15 per group). The first and second experimental groups received CBCT and ACT (twelve 90-minute sessions for each), respectively. The research instruments included Walker and Thompson’s Intimacy Scale and Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale. The data were statistically analyzed using univariate and multivariate analysis of covariance in SPSS-26.Results: The results showed a significant difference between the experimental groups and the control group in the post test scores of intimacy and marital adjustment (P<0.001). There was a significant difference between CBCT and ACT in improving marital adjustment (P=0.012), whereas these two interventions did not exhibit such a difference in improving intimacy.Conclusion: The study findings suggested that both CBCT and ACT can be used for improving the intimacy between the couples applying for divorce. However, CBCT is more recommended for improving the marital adjustment of such couples because it exhibited more effectiveness than ACT in this regard.
Zakiye Ghelbash; Ladan Zarshenas; Ebrahim Moghimi Sarani
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Background: Psychosocial adjustment problems can be obviously detected in patients with major depressive disorder. The present study aimed to assess the impact of cognitive-behavioral group training on psychosocial adjustment among patients with major depressive disorder.Methods: This randomized clinical ...
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Background: Psychosocial adjustment problems can be obviously detected in patients with major depressive disorder. The present study aimed to assess the impact of cognitive-behavioral group training on psychosocial adjustment among patients with major depressive disorder.Methods: This randomized clinical trial with pre/posttest design was conducted on 50 patients with major depressive disorder who were hospitalized in Ebnesina hospital, Shiraz, Iran. The intervention group took part in eight sessions of psychotherapy based on cognitive-behavioral approach. The participants completed Bell adjustment inventory before and two weeks after the intervention. After all, the data were analyzed using SPSS 22 software.Results: The results revealed a significant difference between the two groups regarding the score of psychosocial adjustment after the intervention (P=0.000). Indeed, a significant difference was found in the intervention group’s adjustment score before and after the intervention (P=0.000). A significant difference was also observed between the two groups regarding the difference in the adjustment scores (P=0.000).Conclusion: It is expected that behavioral skills alongside cognitive skills can empower the individuals’ capabilities to create more appropriate and purposeful relationships. Cognitivebehavioral training is a combination of behavioral and social skills together with modification of individuals’ attitude and cognition.
Tayebe Piri; Sara Saeidi
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Background: One of the main indications for cognitive behavioral treatment is eating disorders (CBT). This study examine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy on communication skills and eating disorders among high school adolescents.Methods: The present study employed a quasi-experimental ...
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Background: One of the main indications for cognitive behavioral treatment is eating disorders (CBT). This study examine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy on communication skills and eating disorders among high school adolescents.Methods: The present study employed a quasi-experimental design composed of a pre-test and post-test design in experimental and control groups. A total of 40 students were selected and randomly assigned to experimental (n=20) and control (n=20) groups through a multistage cluster sampling method. Cognitivebehavioral therapy was performed in nine 60-minute sessions for the experimental group, while the control group did not receive any intervention. Queendom’s Communication Skills Test-Revised Inventory (2004) and Garner’s Eating Disorders Questionnaire (Garner, 1979) were used to collect data. All statistical analyses were performed using the SPSS 24.0 software for Windows (SPSS Inc.), and p Results: The Mean±SD of communication skills in the Case group in pre-test and post-test were as follows:75.15±6.67, 81.75±6.04. The Mean±SD of Eating Disorders in the Case group in pre-test and post-test were as follows:36.5±1.71, 36.95±3.44 The results obtained from the analysis of covariance showed that cognitive-behavioral therapy had a significant effect on communication skills and eating disorders (P=0.01). Conclusion: According to the findings of this study, it can be concluded that cognitive-behavioral therapy can be adopted as a suitable method of improving communication skills and the treatment of eating disorders in adolescent students