Community Health Journal

Community Health Journal

The Effect of Schema Therapy on Marriage Values and the Marriage Tendency in Single Girls in Tehran

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
M Abasi 1
M Ramzifard 2
A Lotfi sarjini 3
M Ghezelseflo 4
1 1-MSc, Dept of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch, Karaj, Iran.
2 MSc, Dept of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Center Branch, Tehran, Iran.
3 3-MSc Student, Dept of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Center Branch, Tehran, Iran.
4 Assistant Prof, Dept of Psychology, Gonbad Kavous University, Gonbad Kavous, Iran. (Corresponding Author)
10.22123/chj.2019.176519.1266
Abstract
Introduction: The realities of society show that the desire of young people to marry is reduced, and delayed marriage is beginning to become a social practice and privilege. The present study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of schema therapy on marriage values and the marriage tendency in single girls living in Tehran.
Materials and Methods: The present study was conducted using a quasi-experimental design. Using non-random sampling, 46 female students studying at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of Tehran University of Science and Researchin the academic year 2017-218 were selected as the particpants were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The participants in the experimental group underwent schema therapy training for 8 sessions. The participants in the two groups completed marriage values and marriage tendency questionnaires before and after the intervention. The collected data were analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA).
Results: The results showed that schema therapy training  could increase egalitarianism, rational self-obedience values, and marriage tendency, and decrease emotional self-obedience, and hierarchical values ​​ (p<0.01).
Conclusion: The results of the study suggested that schema therapy training is a good way to improve marriage values ​​ and marriage tendency.
Keywords
Marriage Values
marriage tendency
Schema Therapy

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