Fatemeh Bahrami; Kourosh Goodarzi; Noraali Farrokhi
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Couples' beliefs and thoughts are included among the most important factors that should be considered in the process of consulting with couples. This study aimed to develop, validate and determine a scale for measuring couples' beliefs and thoughts. In the first study, 39 couples were selected. ...
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Couples' beliefs and thoughts are included among the most important factors that should be considered in the process of consulting with couples. This study aimed to develop, validate and determine a scale for measuring couples' beliefs and thoughts. In the first study, 39 couples were selected. Using semi-structured interviews and literature review, 67 beliefs and thoughts were identified and 52 items were prepared after the process of data validation. In the second study, 65 couples were randomly selected and answered a scale of 52 items. After data was analyzed using correlation coefficient between each item and the whole scale, 48 items were selected. In the third study, 201 couples were selected and answered a scale of 44 items. The results of the factor analysis of the scale showed that 44 questions had a factor loading of more than 0.4 and that the scale is saturated with 8 factors. In the fourth study, 53 couples were selected to measure the final reliability of the scale. They completed the final scale of 44 items. Internal consistency coefficients were obtained for all calculated factors using Cronbach's alpha. In the fifth study, 37 couples were selected in order to determine the reliability of the retest and the simultaneous validity of the scale. The reliability of the test and retest with a two-week interval was calculated. To measure the simultaneous validity of couples' beliefs and thoughts, the couples' Relationship Attributions Measure(RAM) were used. All correlation coefficients were significant. Therefore, based on the results, the scale has appropriate psychometric properties and can be used in the related researches and in family counseling services.
Faizollah poursardar; Masoud Sadeghi; Koroush Goodarzi; Mehdi Roozbehani
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The Emotionally-Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT) and the Integrated Behavioral Couples Therapy (IBCT)are among the treatments that are focused on negative interactional cycles. The current study was conducted aiming at determining the effectiveness of the EFCT and the IBCT on restructuring communication ...
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The Emotionally-Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT) and the Integrated Behavioral Couples Therapy (IBCT)are among the treatments that are focused on negative interactional cycles. The current study was conducted aiming at determining the effectiveness of the EFCT and the IBCT on restructuring communication patterns in couples with marital conflict. The statistical population of the study consisted of all couples referring to Mehravaran clinic in Ahvaz. 6 couples were selected using purposeful sampling based on their scores in the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) regarded as distressed couples. In this study, the non-congruent multiple baseline experimental single case was used. The EFCT and IBCT protocols were carried out in two to four stages of the base line, 16 one-hour intervention sessions were held and, after a two-month follow-up. The subjects completed the Communication Patterns Questionnaire (CPQ). Data were analyzed using visual inspect, reliable change index and the formula of improvement percentage. Findings showed that the rate of the improvement in the variable of communication patterns in the Emotionally-Focused Couple Therapy group at the post-treatment and follow-up stages were 50.66 and 53.27 % and 38.80% and 41.21% for the Couple Integrated Behavioral group.Therefore, the research findings showed that Emotionally-Focused Couples Therapy and the Integrated Behavioral Couples Therapy are effective on the restructuring and improvement communication patterns of the couples through changing the negative interactive cycles.
