Effectiveness of Group Therapy Based on Transactional Analysis (TA) in Marital Burnout and Forbearance of Female Students

• 作者: Sedigheh Sakaki Toozandehjani Hassan
• 来源期刊: 医学心理学(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: GROUP THERAPY Transactional Analysis (TA) MARITAL BURNOUT and Forbearance
• 年，卷（期）: 2017,（2）
• 页码范围: 76-85
• 页数: 10页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

This research is a semi-experimental study (pretest-posttest design with unequal control group). This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the group therapy based on transactional analysis in marital burnout and forbearance of married female students. The research on statistical population comprised all married female students studying in humanities subjects in Neishabour Islamic Azad University in the academic year 2015-16. The sample included 24 of these students, who were selected voluntarily and through Random sampling method and were randomly assigned into two experimental and control groups. Measurement tools consisted of Couple Burnout Measure (CBM) and Evans marital forbearance questionnaire. The experimental group received 10 one-half hour sessions of the treatment based on the transactional analysis whereas in the meantime, the control group received nutritional trainings. The results indicated that the therapy based on the transactional analysis had been effective in reducing marital burnout and increasing the forbearance of couples.