Efficacy of Positivist Psychotherapy on the Perfectionism and Psychological Coherence in Married Childless Women

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1 1. Department of psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.

2 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.

3 3. Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.

Abstract

The present study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of positivist psychotherapy on the perfectionism and Psychological coherence in married childless women. It was a quasi-experimental study with pretest, posttest and control group method. The statistical population of the study included married childless women in the city of Isfahan in the spring of 2022. Thirty five married childless women were selected through purposive sampling method and randomly accommodated into experimental and control groups (18 women in the experimental group and 17 in the control group). The women in the experimental group received ten ninety-minute sessions of positivist psychotherapy during two-and-a-half months. The applied questionnaires in the study included perfectionism questionnaire and Psychological coherence questionnaire. The data from the study were analyzed through mixed ANOVA SPSS23 software. The results showed that positivist psychotherapy has significant effect on the perfectionism (F=60.20; Eta=0.64; P<0001) and Psychological coherence (F=39.66; Eta=0.54; P<0001) of married childless women. According to the findings of the study it can be concluded that positivist psychotherapy can be used as an efficient method to decrease perfectionism and improve Psychological coherence of married childless women through employing techniques such as positive vision toward the life, training optimism and hope to the future.

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Journal of Applied Psychological Research

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Available Online from 16 January 2025

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  • Receive Date: 15 August 2022
  • Revise Date: 01 February 2023
  • Accept Date: 06 February 2023
  • First Publish Date: 16 January 2025
  • Publish Date: 16 January 2025

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