The Effectiveness of Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP) on Marital Burnout in Married Women
Authors
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Niloofar Mikaeili
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5510-5983
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Seifollah Aghajani
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9848-9016
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Narges Habibi
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9023-8335
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Elham Fathi
Department of Counselling, Faculty of Humanities, Hazrat-e Masoumeh University, Qom, Iran.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9902-201X
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Abolfazl Hatami Varzaneh
Department of Counselling, Faculty of Humanities, Hazrat-e Masoumeh University, Qom, Iran.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2351-1634
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.22100/ijhs.v8i2.919Keywords:
Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP), PREP, Marital Burnout, Married WomenAbstract
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 quasi-experimental 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.
Keywords: Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP), Marital Burnout, Married Women.
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3. Panahi M, Kazemi Jamarani SH, Enayatpour Shahrbabaki M, Rostami M. Effectiveness of integrative behavioral couple therapy on reducing marital burnout and fear in couples of intimacy. Journal of Applied Psychology 2017; 3 (43):373-392.
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6. Ahmadimehr Z, Yousefi Z, Gol Parvar M. Exploration and Explanation the Marital Disillusionment among Married Women: Grounded Theory. Journal of Applied Psychology 2020; 14(3): 290-269.
7. Maher PJ, Igou ER, van Tilburg WAP. Disillusionment: a prototype analysis. Cogn Emot 2020; 34(5):947-959. DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2019.1705764.
8. Ahadizadeh N, Khalatbari J. The relationship between optimism, sexual self-efficacy, and loneliness with couple burnout in married women. Journal of Fundamentals of Mental Health 2020; 22(2): 91-97. DOI: 10.22038/jfmh.2020.16149
9. Khosravi J, Moradi O, Ahmadiyan H, Yousefi N. Causal Model of Tendency to Emotional Divorce Based on Couples' Communication Patterns Mediated by Marital Boredom (Case Study: Qasrshirin City). Population Studies 2019; 5(2): 185-210. DOI: 10.22034/jips.2019.113849
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17. Daire AP, Harris SM, Carlson RG, Munyon MD, Rappleyea DL, Beverly MG, et al. Fruits of improved communication: The experiences of Hispanic couples in a relationship education program. Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy 2012; 11(2):112-29.
18. Owen J, Quirk K, Bergen C, Inch LJ, France T. The effectiveness of PREP with lower‐income racial/ethnic minority couples. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy 2012; 38:296-307.
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20. Eslami F, Farahbakhsh K, Salimi H. The Effectiveness of Prevention and Relationship Education Program (PREP) on Communication Beliefs. Journal of Applied Family Therapy 2020; 1(1):17-34.
21. Heydarnia A, Nazari AM, Soleimanian AA. The Effectiveness of Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP) on Marital Intimacy. Clinical Psychology Studies 2014; 4(15):61-78.
22. Bagheri E. The Effectiveness of Prevention and Relationship Education Program (PREP) on promoting marital satisfaction of married female students. [Master Thesis]. Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology: Tabriz University 2019.
23. Azimi Khoei A, Zahrakar K, Ahmadi K. The Effectiveness of Premarital Education based on the Prevention and Relationship Improvement Program (PREP) on Communication Beliefs and Attitudes Toward Marriage of Couples on the Verge of Marriage. Islamic Life Journal 2021; 4:63-73
24. Pines AM, Nunes R. The relationship between career and couple burnout: implications for career and couple counseling. Journal of Employment Counseling 2003; 40(2):50-64.
25. Pines AM, Keinan G. Stress and burnout: The significant difference. Personality and Individual Differences 2005; 39(3):625-35.
26. Kebritchi A, Mohammadkhani S. The role of marital burnout and early maladaptive schemas in marital satisfaction between young couples. International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences 2016; 5(12):239-46.
27. Ghazanfari B, Keshavarzi Arshadi F, Hassani F, Emamipour S. Effectiveness of couple therapy based on Choice Theory on conflict resolution styles and marital relationship quality of incompatible couples. Journal of Applied Psychology 2018; 12(1): 47-62.
28. Killawi A, Fathi E, Dadras I, Daneshpour M, Elmi A, Altalib H. Perceptions and experiences of marriage preparation among US Muslims: Multiple voices from the community. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy 2018; 44(1):90-106.
29. Grills C, Villanueva S, Anderson M, Corsbie-Massay CL, Smith B, Johnson L, et al. Effectiveness of choice theory connections: A cross-sectional and comparative analysis of California female inmates. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 2015; 59(7):757-71.
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The Effectiveness of Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP) on Marital Burnout in Married Women. (2021). International Journal of Health Studies, 8(2), 36-40. https://doi.org/10.22100/ijhs.v8i2.919
