Islamic lifestyle with a focus on health

Islamic lifestyle with a focus on health

The effectiveness of the solution-oriented approach on marital adjustment and spiritual vitality of couples in Tehran

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 PhD student in psychology, Gilan University, Gilan, Iran
2 MA in Clinical Psychology, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran.
3 MA in clinical psychology, Borujard Branch, Islamic Azad University, Borujard, Iran.
4 MA in Family Counseling, West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
Purpose: Spiritual vitality is also one of the most essential natural desires and psychological needs of humans and marital adjustment is considered as one of the most important influencing factors in married life. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of the solution-oriented approach on marital adjustment and spiritual vitality of couples in Tehran.
Materials and Methods: The research method was a semi-experimental pre-test-post-test type with a control group and a follow-up period. The statistical population included all the couples in Tehran in 2022 that had referred to counseling centers in Tehran due to marital in adjustment. Among them, 30 people were selected by available sampling method and were randomly divided into two experimental and control groups. And they responded to Chirian and Afroz's spiritual vitality questionnaire (2015) and Spanir's marital adjustment (1976). The experimental group participated in seven 90-minute sessions of the solution-oriented approach, but the group did not receive a training certificate. To analyze the data, repeated measurement analysis of variance was used with the help of SPSS version 24 software.
Results: The results showed that by controlling the effect of the pre-test in the variables of marital adjustment and spiritual vitality, there is a significant difference between the average of the post-test in the experimental group and the control group, and the results were stable during the follow-up period (p<0.001).
Conclusion: The results showed that the solution-oriented approach was effective in increasing marital adjustment and spiritual vitality of couples in Tehran.
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