Shahnaz Faraji; Mojgan Agahheris; hossein sheybani
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Objective: Marital satisfaction is the principle of continuity of a marital bond and it is important to identify effective interventions to strengthen it. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on cognitive avoidance and marital ...
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Objective: Marital satisfaction is the principle of continuity of a marital bond and it is important to identify effective interventions to strengthen it. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on cognitive avoidance and marital satisfaction of women with marital problems. Method: The present study was a quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest design and control group. The statistical population included all women who referred to Tolooesalamat psychological and counseling center in Tehran in 1398. Among them, 32 people were selected by purposive sampling method based on the inclusion criteria and randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups (16 people in each group). The experimental group underwent 8 sessions of 90-minute acceptance and commitment therapy. Data collection tools were Sexton and Dougas Cognitive Avoidance Questionnaire and Spanier Dyadic Adjustment Scale. Data were analyzed using SPSS-21 software through univariate analysis of covariance. Results: The results showed that acceptance and commitment therapy is effective in reducing cognitive avoidance and increasing marital satisfaction of women with marital problems (P <0.05). Conclusion: According to the results, in designing programs related to promoting family health and marital relationships, acceptance and commitment based therapy can be used as an effective intervention in improving cognitive avoidance and marital satisfaction.
Fatemeh Shokri; Ahmad Alipour; Mojgan Agah Haris
Volume 1, Issue 2 , June 2013, , Pages 81-92
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Aims: This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral intervention based on procrastination on enhancing academic performance and self-esteem of female students in Payame Noor University. Method: 30 female students using excluding- including criterion were selected among volunteers ...
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Aims: This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral intervention based on procrastination on enhancing academic performance and self-esteem of female students in Payame Noor University. Method: 30 female students using excluding- including criterion were selected among volunteers and were assigned randomly into two groups (experimental and control group). Prior to and after instructing the treatment, all participants completed all items of procrastination and self-esteem questionnaires. Also, the mean of the last academic term before intervention and the mean of the next academic term after intervention were collected for all the subjects. Data analyses were done by using SPSS version 16 and applying Co-variance method. Results: the results revealed that cognitive- behavioral intervention based on procrastination could significantly decrease procrastination and increases self-esteem and academic performance among participants in the experimental group in comparison to the control group (p<0.05).Conclusion: Cognitive- behavioral intervention based on procrastination decreases procrastination and increases academic performance and self-Esteem by using reconstruction of cognition, mindfulness and behavioral methods such as time management.
