Author/Authors :
Mikaeili, Niloofar Department of Psychology - Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology - University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran , Aghajani, Seifollah Department of Psychology - Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology - University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran , Habibi, Narges Department of Psychology - Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology - University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran , Fathi, Elham Department of Counselling - Faculty of Humanities - Hazrat-e Masoumeh University, Qom, Iran , Hatami Varzaneh, Abolfazl Department of Counselling - Faculty of Humanities - Hazrat-e Masoumeh University, Qom, Iran
Abstract :
Background: This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the
prevention and relationship enhancement program (PREP) on marital
burnout in married women.
Methods: Thirty married women were selected and randomly replaced
in experimental (n=15) and control (n=15) groups. The quasiexperimental
research method was conducted in the pretest-posttest
control group design to examine the effectiveness of the PREP on
marital burnout in married women. The sessions of the PREP were
implemented for the experimental group during 8 sessions of 90
minutes, one session per week, and no educational intervention was
performed for the control group. Multivariate analysis of covariance
was used as a statistical method.
Results: The results showed that there was a significant difference
between the control and experimental groups in psychological and
emotional aspects of marital burnout(Pvalue≤0.02). Our results also
showed that the total burnout score was significantly different from
pre-test to post-test in the experimental group (Pvalue≤0.01).
Conclusions: It can be implied from the results of our study that PREP
can have different implications in Iranian culture.
