The Effectiveness of Imago Therapy on Love Styles and Communication Problems in Married Women

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Masters in Family Counseling, Department of Psychology, West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

2 PhD in Psychology, Assistant Professor, Health and Industry Research Center,West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this research was the effectiveness of Imago Therapy on love styles and communication problems of married women.

Methods: The research design was quasi-experimental with pre-test post-test control group. The statistical population of this study consisted of all women attending counseling centers in Alborz province in 2022. Since the research method was semi-experimental, 76 married women volunteered to participate in the study through availability sampling. After completing the Love Scale questionnaires (Hatfield & Sprecher, 1986) and the Queendom Communication Skills Questionnaire (CSTR), those who obtained the lowest averages on these two questionnaires were selected using simple random sampling (30 individuals, 15 in the experimental group and 15 in the control group). The data analysis in this research was conducted in the inferential statistics section, taking into account the nature of the study and the distance of the scale of the dependent variables. The parametric analysis of covariance test was used in the SPSS-22 software environment.

Results: Findings showed that the value of F resulting from the analysis of covariance of multiple variables (Wilks Lambda=0.347.0, 2=653, P=0.001, F (25 and 2) =23.56) is significant. This indicates that the implementation of Imago Therapy has had a significant effect on communication skills and passionate love.

Conclusions: Based on this, the hypothetical test concluded that Imago Therapy affects the styles of love and communication issues of married women.

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