Reza Khojasteh Mehr; zahra khorsandi; Zabihollah Abbaspour
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Finding effective variables in marriage success has always been the considered by counselors and psychotherapists. Relational ethics refers to trust, justice, loyalty, responsibility and merit in relationships and affects the fairness of relationships. Relational ethics has two vertical (Ethics in the ...
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Finding effective variables in marriage success has always been the considered by counselors and psychotherapists. Relational ethics refers to trust, justice, loyalty, responsibility and merit in relationships and affects the fairness of relationships. Relational ethics has two vertical (Ethics in the family of origin) and horizontal (Ethics between partners) dimensions. The aim of the present study was to determine relational ethics as a predictor of success and failure of women's marriage. The studied population of the current research was women following divorce procedure and normal women in Ahvaz city. The research sample consisted of 150 women following divorce and 150 normal women whom were selected by available sampling method. The participants completed the relational ethics scale and demographic information questionnaire created by the researcher. In this research, Discriminant analysis was used to analyze the data. The results showed that the linear combination of the components of relational ethics in the family of origin and the components of relational ethics in marital relationships were strong predictor of the success and failure of women's marriages, and the discriminant analysis method showed that the components of trust and justice, loyalty and entitlement in family of origin and the components of trust and justice and loyalty in marital relationships discriminahted success and failure of marriage individually. However, the component of entitlement in marital relationships could not discriminate success and failure of marriage individually. Horizontal relational ethics has a stronger predictive power than vertical relational ethics; therefore, it can be concluded that relational ethics has a decisive role in predicting family functions and the durability of marital relations. Therefore, considering the effect of relational ethics, it is suggested that the mentioned variable be taken into consideration in the stability of marriage.
Abdolabbas Zeheiri; Soodabeh bassak nejad; Zabihollah Abbaspur
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Marital infidelity is a romantic relationship or emotional involvement that leads to a breakdown in the marital relationship commitment and the formation of some degree of emotional and physical intimacy with someone outside the relationship. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness ...
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Marital infidelity is a romantic relationship or emotional involvement that leads to a breakdown in the marital relationship commitment and the formation of some degree of emotional and physical intimacy with someone outside the relationship. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Couple Therapy Based on improving quality of Life on conflict resolution styles, marital satisfaction, and quality of life of couples with a history of marital infidelity. For this purpose, among couples with a history of marital infidelity referred to counseling centers in Ahvaz in 2019. Four couples entered the intervention phase. In this study, a single case experimental design of multiple baseline types was used. Couple therapy protocol based on improving quality of life was performed in two to four baseline stages, eight to ten sessions of intervention and two months of follow up. The couples responded to WHO’s Quality of Life Questionnaire, Rahim Conflict Resolution Styles Questionnaire (ROCI-II), and Enrich Marital Satisfaction Scale (1998). The rate of improvement in the post-treatment and follow-up phase in marital satisfaction in the post-treatment and follow-up phase was 44.76 and 45.85, in conflict resolution and 39.88 and 48.54, and in quality of life was 26.30 and 20.42. Therefore, this approach has been effective on treatment goals. By using this treatment, couples with marital infidelity can increase their quality of life and resolve their conflicts.
Iman Baharvand; Mansour Sodani; Zabihollah Abaspour
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Mindfulness-based stress reduction is a group program that uses a combination of mindfulness meditation, body awareness and Yoga asanas with the aim of increasing mindfulness. The purpose of the present study was to examine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction training on mother-child ...
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Mindfulness-based stress reduction is a group program that uses a combination of mindfulness meditation, body awareness and Yoga asanas with the aim of increasing mindfulness. The purpose of the present study was to examine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction training on mother-child conflict and bullying in single mother-headed adolescents in Ahvaz. The research method was experimental with pretest-posttest and one month follow-up with control group design. In this research 30 mother-headed students from among all the students in the academic year of 2017-2018, selected and were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (15 persons per group). The experimental group received 8 sessions with 90 minutes of the training of mindfulness-based stress reduction and the control group did not receive any intervention. Both groups completed the parent-child conflict scale (PCC) and Illinois bullying scale (IBS) in three stages of pre-test, post-test and follow-up. Finding showed a significant difference between performance of both experimental and control groups in the scores of parent-child conflict and bullying in post-test and follow-up stages. Based on the findings of this study, it can be concluded that training program of mindfulness-based stress reduction is effective in reducing parent-child conflict and bullying among single mother-headed adolescents. Regarding the effectiveness of training, implementation of such educational programs by Psychologists, school counselors and other family therapists is recommended.
Reza Khojasteh Mehr; Mozhgan Datli Bagi; Zabihollah Abbaspour
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situations in which spouses’ interests and needs are different are unavoidable. Yet, the ability to manage differences constructively assists couples establish intimate relationships. In an Islamic culture, tolerance is defined as the best way of dealing with differences in human relationships. ...
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situations in which spouses’ interests and needs are different are unavoidable. Yet, the ability to manage differences constructively assists couples establish intimate relationships. In an Islamic culture, tolerance is defined as the best way of dealing with differences in human relationships. The current research aimed to predict marital intimacy based on an Islamic model in spouses’ relations. A total of 240 married couples (118 women and 122 men) participated in the study and filled out the Tolerance in Spouses` Relationships Scale (TSRS) and the Intimacy Scale (IS). The results of the research showed significantly positive correlations among the four components of tolerance (spouse`s empathy and acceptance, emotional control and patience, facilitation of spouse's growth and actuation process, and beneficence and forgiveness toward spouse), its total score and marital intimacy. Also, the results revealed that spouse`s empathy and acceptance as well as the beneficence and forgiveness toward spouse could predict marital intimacy more than other components. The remaining variables, emotional control and patience, and facilitation of spouse`s growth and actualization process were excluded from the regression model because of overlapping with other predictor variables. According to the results of the research, one can conclude that tolerance with an Islamic approach plays a determining role in predicting marital intimacy. The findings of the present research can be used by specialists and family therapists.
Reza Khojasteh Mehr; Narges Esmaeili Babadi; Zabihollah Abbaspour
Volume 4, Issue 2 , March 2018, , Pages 61-74
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Relational ethics deals with fairness and unfairness in intimate relationships. It also deals with trustworthiness, justice, loyalty, merit, and entitlement between members of a relationship. Relational ethics requires members of the relationship to assume responsibility for consequences in the process ...
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Relational ethics deals with fairness and unfairness in intimate relationships. It also deals with trustworthiness, justice, loyalty, merit, and entitlement between members of a relationship. Relational ethics requires members of the relationship to assume responsibility for consequences in the process of give and take. The Relational Ethics Scale (RES) consists of two types of components: vertical and horizontal. The vertical dimension of the scale measures relational ethics in family of origin and the horizontal dimension measures current relationships between spouses. The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Relational Ethics in married men and women in Ahvaz. 208 married participants (89 males, 119 females) were asked to complete the Relational Ethics Scale (RES), the Relational Assessment Scale (RAS) and the Measure of Perceived Equity (MPE). Results confirmed the six-factor structure of the RES. They also showed that the RES has a suitable concurrent validity and reliability in measuring the couples’ relational ethics. Findings showed that this scale can be appropriately used in research studies as well as in premarital consultation and couple therapy by psychologists and family counselors.
Reza Khojasteh Mehr; nooshin Roshan Ravan; Zabihollah Abbaspour
Volume 3, Issue 1 , September 2016, , Pages 81-92
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Abstract: Perspective taking as the cognitive aspect of empathy, is the ability to put oneself in other persons, place. This means that a person understands another person,s situation and walks with his or her shoes. It seems that perspective taking is a feature which is equaly used to increase positive ...
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Abstract: Perspective taking as the cognitive aspect of empathy, is the ability to put oneself in other persons, place. This means that a person understands another person,s situation and walks with his or her shoes. It seems that perspective taking is a feature which is equaly used to increase positive interactions between the romantic and non-romantic relationships. The Self Dyadic Perspective-Taking scale (SDPT) includes items that measure the view of people in couple relationships and Other Dyadic Perspective-Taking scale (ODPT) includes items that measure people,s perceptions of their partners. The aim of the present study was evaluating the psychometric properties of the Self Dyadic Perspective-Taking and Other Dyadic Perspective-Taking scales. A total of 300 married men and women (148 men and 152 women), in Ahvaz, participated in this study. All participants were asked to complete the Self Dyadic Perspective Taking and Other Dyadic Perspective Taking Scales and Batson Empathy Adjective Scale (BEAS). This study confirmed the two-factor structure of Self Dyadic Perspective-Taking scale and two-factor structure of Other Dyadic Perspective-Taking scale. Findings also showed that the Self Dyadic Perspective-Taking scale and the Other Dyadic Perspective-Taking scale are valid and reliable scales for measuring perspective taking. Findings showed that these scales can be used in research studies and the use of these scales in premarital consultation and couple therapy is recommended to psychologists and family counselors.
Zabihollah Abbaspour; Feizallah Poursardar; Amin Koraei; Maryam Khosravani Shayan
Volume 2, Issue 2 , November 2015, , Pages 67-78
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Depression is a common mental disorder affecting adolescents and associated with high levels of stress, anxiety, and in the worst possible scenarios, suicide. This question always is asked, which treatment in more effective? The aim of present study was the effectiveness of family-based interpersonal ...
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Depression is a common mental disorder affecting adolescents and associated with high levels of stress, anxiety, and in the worst possible scenarios, suicide. This question always is asked, which treatment in more effective? The aim of present study was the effectiveness of family-based interpersonal psychotherapy (FB-IPT) on depression symptoms in adolescents. Three depressive adolescents male were selected in Tehran. Multiple baseline experimental single case was used as the method of the present study. 14 sessions of family-based interpersonal psychotherapy (FB-IPT) was administrated in 2 days per week and 7 consecutive weeks. This treatment was carried out in three phase of baseline, intervention and follow-up and participants complete Mood Affect Questionnaire (MFQ) in phase of baseline 3 times, intervention 5 times and follow-up 2 times. Data analyzed with visuals inspection, reliable change index (RCI) strategies and improvement percentage. Results showed that family-based interpersonal psychotherapy (FB-IPT) had significant effect in reduction of depression signs. According to the findings of the present study, it can be concluded that integrating individual treatment with family system, especially parents, can have more effective outcomes in adolescents; therefore applying this method is recommended by the professionals of this field.
