The Study, and Comparison of Mindfulness and Imago Therapy Training on Reducing Marital Burnout in Couples with Spouse Hyperactivity/ Attention Deficity Disorder

Document Type : Original Research

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1 Ph.D Student, Advice and guidance, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Isfahan, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Isfahan Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan, Isfahan, Iran

3 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Isfahan Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan, Isfahan, Iran

Abstract

The purpose of current study was conducted to investigate and compare the mindfulness and imago therapy in reducing marital burnout in couples with hyperactivity attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. This study was a quasi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test and follow-up with control group. The study population consisted of all couples with spouse hyperactivity attention deficit who referred to counseling centers in Isfahan. 45 couples were selected and voluntarily randomly assigned to three groups of mindfulness (15 couples), imago therapy (15 couples) and control group (15 couples). Experimental group 1 participated in 8 sessions of 60 minutes of mindfulness training and experimental group 2 in 10 sessions of 60 minutes of imago therapy and were measured in three stages of pre-test, post-test and follow-up (three months) on marital burnout variable. Data were analyzied  using repeated measures analysis of variance (mixed). The results showed that there was a significant difference between the groups of mindfulness and imago therapy with the control group in marital burnout (p ≥ 0. 01) and this effect on imago therapy is greater than mindfulness. Therefore mindfulness training and imago therapy can be used as an effective treatment methods to reduce marital burnout in couples

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Biannual Journal of Applied Counseling
Volume 9, Issue 2
January 2019
Pages 23-44

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  • Receive Date: 14 July 2019
  • Revise Date: 16 November 2019
  • Accept Date: 20 November 2019

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