The effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy on experiential avoidance and emotional expression of women involved in emotional divorce

Background and Aim: Divorce is one of the most important family traumas that can have vulnerable effects on the individual and the society. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy on experiential avoidance and emotional expression of women involve...

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Main Authors: Sajedeh Esmaeili, Golestan Nazari, Amir Mohammad Barati
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Language:English
Published: Iran-Mehr: The Institute for Social Study and Research 2023-04-01
Series:مطالعات روانشناختی نوجوان و جوان
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Online Access:http://jayps.iranmehr.ac.ir/article-1-550-en.pdf
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description Background and Aim: Divorce is one of the most important family traumas that can have vulnerable effects on the individual and the society. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy on experiential avoidance and emotional expression of women involved in emotional divorce. Methods: The current research method was conducted as a semi-experimental study with a pre-test and post-test design along with a control group with a follow-up period. The statistical population included all the women eligible for emotional divorce in Tehran who referred to the Atiyeh Psychology Clinic in 2022, from which 30 people were selected as available and randomly selected and in the experimental group (15 people) and witnesses (15 people) were replaced. The data were collected using Barati and Sanai's Marital Conflicts Questionnaire (1999), Gutman's Emotional Divorce Questionnaire (2008), Bund et al.'s Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire (2007) and King and Emmons' Emotional Expression Questionnaire (1990) in the early stages. The test, post-test and follow-up have been obtained. Cognitive-behavioral therapy protocol was performed in 8 sessions (one session per week) for 90 minutes. To analyze the results, repeated measurement variance analysis method and SPSS.22 software were used. Results: The results indicated that cognitive-behavioral therapy was effective in reducing experiential avoidance and emotional expression of women involved in emotional divorce, and this effect was permanent until the follow-up period. Conclusion: It can be concluded that cognitive behavioral therapy is effective on experiential avoidance and emotional expression of women involved in emotional divorce and this treatment can be used to reduce the problems of women involved in emotional divorce.
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spelling doaj.art-21442d3bd03349b4aff16dcab006ac452023-11-25T21:56:33ZengIran-Mehr: The Institute for Social Study and Researchمطالعات روانشناختی نوجوان و جوان2821-25252023-04-0142111The effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy on experiential avoidance and emotional expression of women involved in emotional divorceSajedeh Esmaeili0Golestan Nazari1Amir Mohammad Barati2 M.A. in General Psychology, Department of Psychology, Khorasgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan, Iran. Ph.D in Counseling, Farhangian University, Ilam, Iran. M.A. in Rehabilitation Counseling, Tehran University of Rehabilitation and Social Health, Tehran, Iran. Background and Aim: Divorce is one of the most important family traumas that can have vulnerable effects on the individual and the society. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy on experiential avoidance and emotional expression of women involved in emotional divorce. Methods: The current research method was conducted as a semi-experimental study with a pre-test and post-test design along with a control group with a follow-up period. The statistical population included all the women eligible for emotional divorce in Tehran who referred to the Atiyeh Psychology Clinic in 2022, from which 30 people were selected as available and randomly selected and in the experimental group (15 people) and witnesses (15 people) were replaced. The data were collected using Barati and Sanai's Marital Conflicts Questionnaire (1999), Gutman's Emotional Divorce Questionnaire (2008), Bund et al.'s Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire (2007) and King and Emmons' Emotional Expression Questionnaire (1990) in the early stages. The test, post-test and follow-up have been obtained. Cognitive-behavioral therapy protocol was performed in 8 sessions (one session per week) for 90 minutes. To analyze the results, repeated measurement variance analysis method and SPSS.22 software were used. Results: The results indicated that cognitive-behavioral therapy was effective in reducing experiential avoidance and emotional expression of women involved in emotional divorce, and this effect was permanent until the follow-up period. Conclusion: It can be concluded that cognitive behavioral therapy is effective on experiential avoidance and emotional expression of women involved in emotional divorce and this treatment can be used to reduce the problems of women involved in emotional divorce.http://jayps.iranmehr.ac.ir/article-1-550-en.pdfcognitive behavioral therapyexperiential avoidanceemotional expressionemotional divorce
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The effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy on experiential avoidance and emotional expression of women involved in emotional divorce
مطالعات روانشناختی نوجوان و جوان
cognitive behavioral therapy
experiential avoidance
emotional expression
emotional divorce
title The effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy on experiential avoidance and emotional expression of women involved in emotional divorce
title_full The effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy on experiential avoidance and emotional expression of women involved in emotional divorce
title_fullStr The effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy on experiential avoidance and emotional expression of women involved in emotional divorce
title_full_unstemmed The effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy on experiential avoidance and emotional expression of women involved in emotional divorce
title_short The effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy on experiential avoidance and emotional expression of women involved in emotional divorce
title_sort effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy on experiential avoidance and emotional expression of women involved in emotional divorce
topic cognitive behavioral therapy
experiential avoidance
emotional expression
emotional divorce
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