The Effectiveness of Quality of Life Therapy on Psychological Well Being in Maladjustment Couples

Document Type : Original

Authors

1 MA in Clinical Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardebili, Ardebil, Iran

2 Associate Professor of Psychology,University of Mohaghegh Ardebili, Ardebil, Iran

3 Professor of Psychology,University of Mohaghegh Ardebili, Ardebil, Iran

Abstract

Purpose: Themost couples therapy interventions and strategies are to increase marital satisfaction and psychological well-being in maladjustment couples. Psychological well-being is a state of symptoms mental, physical and social health. The purpose of this study was indication the effectiveness of quality of life therapy on psychological well-being in maladjustment couples in city of shiraz.
Methods: The research method of this study was experimental that was used from and pre-test and post-test design with experimental and control groups. The research universe of this study was comprises all couples referred to treatment centers that who was selected by voluntary sampling among couples and has been selected randomly in two experimental and control groups. Subjects of experimental group received the 8 session treatment program and the subjects of control group were placed in waiting list. In this study used than Ryff psychological well-being scale. The data were analyzed by multivariate analyze (MANOVA).
Findings: Result of this of MANOVA showed that quality of life therapy was cause of increase psychological well being and subjects of environmental mastery, personal growth, positive relations with others, purpose in live and self – acceptance in experimental group.
Conclusion: According to this results can be concluded that quality of life therapy improves the indices of psychological well being of individuals.

Keywords

References

Abedi MR, Vostanis PE. (2010). Valuation quality of life therapy for parents of children with obsessive compulsive disorder in Iran. Journal of  European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 19(7): 605–613.
Angla L. (2004). Positive psychology in Clinical Practice. published online: available at: www.penn.com.
Diener E, Lucas RE, Oishi S.(2002). Subjective wellbeing. Journal of Clinical Psychology, (24): 25-41.
Eid M, Larson RJ. (2008). The Science of subjective well-being. Second Edition. New York: Guilford press.
Frisch MB.(2006). Quality of life Therapy, Applying a Life Satisfaction Approach to  Positive Psychology and Cognitive Therapy. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.Published simultaneously in Canada.
Howell RT, Keren LM, Lyubomirsky S.(2007). Health benefits: Meta Analytically determining the impact if well-being on objective health outcomes.  Journal of Health Psychology Review,(1):83-136.
Joseph S, Lindley AP. (2006). Positive therapy (A metatheory for Psychological practice, USA: Rutledge Press.
Keyes CLM, Shmotkin D, Ryff CD.(2002).Optimizing well-being: the empirical encounter of two traditions. Journal of  Personality and Social Psychology,( 82): 1007–1022.
McAlindon NM , Oei TPS.(2006). Validation of the quality of life inventory for patient with anxiety and depression.  Journal of Comprehensive Psychiatry,(43):307-314.
Mitchell J, Stanimirovic R, Klein B, Vella- Brodrick DA. (2009). Randomized Controlled trial of a self-guided internet intervention promoting wellbeing. Journal of Computers in Human Behavior, (25): 749-760.
Proulx C M, Helms HM, Buehler C. (2007). Marital quality and personal well-being. A metaanalysis. Journal of Marriage and Family,(69): 576-593.
Ryff CD, Keyes CLM(1995). The structure of psychological well-being revisited. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ,( 69): 719–727.
Ryff CD, Keyes CLM, Hughes DL.(2003). Status inequalities, perceived discrimination, and eudaimonic well-being: Do the challenges of minority life hone purpose and growth? Journal of HealthSocial and Behavior, (44): 275-291.
Ryff CD, Singer BH, Love GD.(2004). Positive health: Connecting well-being with biology. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London ,(359): 1383-1394.
Ryff CD, Singer BH.(1998). The Contours of Positive Human Health. Journal of Psychological Inquiry, (9):1-28.
Ryff CD.(1995). Psychological well-being in adult life. Journal of Current Directions in Psychological science, (4): 99-104
Sin N, Lyubomirsky S. (2009). Enhancing Well-Being and Alleviating Depressive Symptoms With Positive Psychology Interventions: A Practice- Friendly Meta-Analysis. Journal of Clinical Psychology, (65): 467-487.

Files

History

  • Receive Date: 29 August 2012
  • Accept Date: 22 March 2013

Share

How to cite

Statistics