Comparison of the effectiveness of quality of life therapy and compassion-focused therapy in the quality of interpersonal relationships and Meaning in Life of women with marital conflicts.

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1 PhD Student in Psychology, Islamic Azad University of Neishabour, Neishabour, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Islamic Azad University of Quchan, Quchan, Iran

3 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Islamic Azad University of Neishabour, Neishabour, Iran

4 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Neishabour Free University, Neishabour, Iran

Abstract

The role of family as the smallest social unit can be highly effective both in positive aspect,, and in the negative aspect . The present study aims to compare the effectiveness of quality of life therapy and compassion-focused therapy in the quality of interpersonal relationships and meaning in life in women with marital conflicts. This study is a ‎semi-experimental ‎research with a pretest-‎posttest and follow-‎up ‎control group design. The statistical population comprised all married female students with marital conflicts. The sample included 45 of students who were selected by convenience sampling and were randomly assigned into three groups of 15 people. The first group received quality of life therapy; the second group < br /> underwent compassion-focused therapy and the third group was placed on the waiting list as the control group. For data collection, Pierce, Sarason, and Sarason Quality of Relationships Inventory (QRI) and Steger Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ)‎ were used. For data analysis, repeated measures analysis of variance was applied. The results demonstrated that both types of treatment have been effective in the quality of interpersonal relationships and meaning in life. Quality of life skills have had better results in the two variables of the quality of interpersonal relationships and meaning in life compared to compassion-focused therapy, but the difference between the groups is not significant.The results indicate that the therapies based on the quality of life and compassion in the field of family mental health have a significant effect on the quality of interpersonal relationships and meaning in life

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  • Receive Date: 19 February 2020
  • Revise Date: 27 January 2021
  • Accept Date: 31 January 2021

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