Effectiveness of Emotion-focused Group Intervention on sexual satisfaction, marital satisfaction and dimensions of mental health in mothers of children with intellectual disability
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotion-focused group intervention on sexual satisfaction, marital satisfaction and dimensions of mental health in mothers of children with intellectual disability. A quantitative study design using quasi-experimental method in...
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author | yaser Rezapur Mirsaleh mehdi shomali ahmadabadi elahe akbarian torkabad seydalireza emarati atefe barkhordari |
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description | The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotion-focused group intervention on sexual satisfaction, marital satisfaction and dimensions of mental health in mothers of children with intellectual disability. A quantitative study design using quasi-experimental method including pretest posttest follow-up with control group was used. The population consisted of all mothers with mentally retarded children who their child studying in Meybod in 1397-98 academic year. A total of 24 mothers were selected by available sampling method and randomly assigned in experimental and control groups (12 participants per groups). Participants answered Lovibond’s depression, anxiety and stress scale, Enrich marital satisfaction scale, and Larson sexual satisfaction questionnaire at pretest, posttest and follow-up phases. The experimental group received emotion-focused group intervention intervention in 8 sessions of 1.5 hours (two sessions per week) while the control group did not receive any intervention. Finally, the data were analyzed by repeated measures ANOVA at the significance level of 0.05. The results showed that, compared to control group, the mean scores of sexual satisfaction, marital satisfaction and maintained at the follow up phase (p <0.001). According to the results, it can be concluded that emotion-focused group intervention could improve sexual satisfaction, marital satisfaction and mental health of mothers with intellectual disable children. So, emotion-focused can see as a be a valuable intervention to reduce the problems of mothers with intellectual disable children. |
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spelling | doaj.art-7f0acb167e4b486f96e72bb26ccc51be2023-12-24T07:15:53ZfasAllameh Tabataba'i University PressRavānshināsī-i Afrād-i Istis̠nāyī2252-00312476-647X2021-06-01114221724310.22054/jpe.2021.40354.195513774Effectiveness of Emotion-focused Group Intervention on sexual satisfaction, marital satisfaction and dimensions of mental health in mothers of children with intellectual disabilityyaser Rezapur Mirsaleh0mehdi shomali ahmadabadi1elahe akbarian torkabad2seydalireza emarati3atefe barkhordari4Associate Professor, Department of Counseling, Ardakan University, Ardakan, Yazd, IranPh.D. Student in General Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan Branch, Isfahan, IranMaster of Clinical Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Yazd Branch, Yazd, IranMaster of Science in Clinical Psychology, Yazd Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran.Bachelor of General Psychology, Payame Noor University, Meybod Branch, Yazd, IranThe purpose of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotion-focused group intervention on sexual satisfaction, marital satisfaction and dimensions of mental health in mothers of children with intellectual disability. A quantitative study design using quasi-experimental method including pretest posttest follow-up with control group was used. The population consisted of all mothers with mentally retarded children who their child studying in Meybod in 1397-98 academic year. A total of 24 mothers were selected by available sampling method and randomly assigned in experimental and control groups (12 participants per groups). Participants answered Lovibond’s depression, anxiety and stress scale, Enrich marital satisfaction scale, and Larson sexual satisfaction questionnaire at pretest, posttest and follow-up phases. The experimental group received emotion-focused group intervention intervention in 8 sessions of 1.5 hours (two sessions per week) while the control group did not receive any intervention. Finally, the data were analyzed by repeated measures ANOVA at the significance level of 0.05. The results showed that, compared to control group, the mean scores of sexual satisfaction, marital satisfaction and maintained at the follow up phase (p <0.001). According to the results, it can be concluded that emotion-focused group intervention could improve sexual satisfaction, marital satisfaction and mental health of mothers with intellectual disable children. So, emotion-focused can see as a be a valuable intervention to reduce the problems of mothers with intellectual disable children.https://jpe.atu.ac.ir/article_13774_869ac2e296d2b9321ea05e6390869c33.pdfemotion-focused group interventionsexual satisfactionmarital satisfactionmental healthmothers of children with intellectual disability |
spellingShingle | yaser Rezapur Mirsaleh mehdi shomali ahmadabadi elahe akbarian torkabad seydalireza emarati atefe barkhordari Effectiveness of Emotion-focused Group Intervention on sexual satisfaction, marital satisfaction and dimensions of mental health in mothers of children with intellectual disability Ravānshināsī-i Afrād-i Istis̠nāyī emotion-focused group intervention sexual satisfaction marital satisfaction mental health mothers of children with intellectual disability |
title | Effectiveness of Emotion-focused Group Intervention on sexual satisfaction, marital satisfaction and dimensions of mental health in mothers of children with intellectual disability |
title_full | Effectiveness of Emotion-focused Group Intervention on sexual satisfaction, marital satisfaction and dimensions of mental health in mothers of children with intellectual disability |
title_fullStr | Effectiveness of Emotion-focused Group Intervention on sexual satisfaction, marital satisfaction and dimensions of mental health in mothers of children with intellectual disability |
title_full_unstemmed | Effectiveness of Emotion-focused Group Intervention on sexual satisfaction, marital satisfaction and dimensions of mental health in mothers of children with intellectual disability |
title_short | Effectiveness of Emotion-focused Group Intervention on sexual satisfaction, marital satisfaction and dimensions of mental health in mothers of children with intellectual disability |
title_sort | effectiveness of emotion focused group intervention on sexual satisfaction marital satisfaction and dimensions of mental health in mothers of children with intellectual disability |
topic | emotion-focused group intervention sexual satisfaction marital satisfaction mental health mothers of children with intellectual disability |
url | https://jpe.atu.ac.ir/article_13774_869ac2e296d2b9321ea05e6390869c33.pdf |
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