The Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Marital Burnout and Psychological Capital of Veterans' Wives

Rajaei, Masomeh; Nasri, Maryam; Shahabi Zadeh, Fatemeh

doi:10.22059/japr.2024.362838.644688

The Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Marital Burnout and Psychological Capital of Veterans' Wives

Articles in Press

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Masomeh Rajaei

Maryam Nasri

Fatemeh Shahabi Zadeh

Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Birjand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Birjand, Iran.

10.22059/japr.2024.362838.644688

Abstract

The present study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy on marital burnout and psychological capital of veterans' wives. The present study was semi experimental (with experimental and control groups) with three-stage (pretest, posttest, follow-up) and two-month follow-up period design. In this research, the statistical population was formed by the spouses of neurology and psychiatry veterans who referred to the Shahid Counseling Center (under the supervision of the Martyr and Veteran Affairs Foundation) in Mashhad in the summer and fall of 2022. 51 spouses of veterans were selected through Voluntary sampling method and randomly accommodated into experimental (26 women) and control groups (25 women). The experimental group received cognitive behavioral therapy during ten weeks in 10 sessions of 90 minutes. The applied questionnaires included Marital Burnout Questionnaire (MBQ) and Psychological Capital Questionnaires (PCQ). The data from the study were analyzed through mixed ANOVA method via SPSS23 software. The results showed that cognitive behavioral therapy has significant effect on the marital burnout (F=56. 31; Eta=0.54; P<0001) and psychological capital (F=68. 78; Eta=0.58; P<0001) of the spouses of veterans.

Keywords

Cognitive behavioral therapy

marital burnout

psychological capital

veterans' wives