The effects of solution- focused psychotherapy on the marital satisfaction of dual career couples
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Solution-focused psychotherapy, Marital satisfaction, Dual career couples.Abstract
Introduction: This study was carried out in order to examine the effect of solution-focused psychotherapy on the marital satisfaction of some dual career couples. Solution-focused psychotherapy is a type of short-term psychotherapy that stresses on finding solutions to the problems a couple may have with the aid of a therapist.
Methods and Materials: The partners who took part in this research work were both teachers. Among couples who participated in our pre-test, 24 of them were selected and were randomly allocated to two groups, experimental and control. The couples in the experimental group were put under the solution-focused psychotherapy for 7 sessions. The research instrument was the revised marital satisfaction inventory (MSI-R) form, devised by Schnither. To analyze the data, the split plot design ANOVA test together with the descriptive statistics methods was used.
Results: The four variables aggression, togetherness, financial issues and sexual satisfaction were analyzed on the basis of the split plot design ANOVA and P<0.01. Significant differences were observed for these variables in different test levels (pre-test and post-test).
Conclusion: According to the results of this study, solution-focused psychotherapy could decrease sexual problems and aggression and, on the other hand, could improve financial issues and togetherness.
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