Leila Ghanbari-Afra, Mina Gaeeni, Jafar Shahbazpour,
Volume 27, Issue 4 (10-2024)
Abstract
Introduction: The fundamental role of marital satisfaction is vital in family formation and marriage survival. Marital dissatisfaction can make couples fail to solve their conflicts. Marital discontent, combined with job-related stress such as pre-hospital emergencies, can lead to heightened conflict in job responsibilities. It leads to the effect on personnel, patients, and their families. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the marital satisfaction of pre-hospital emergency personnel at Qom University of Medical Sciences in 2023.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 200 pre-hospital personnel of Qom University of Medical Sciences in May 2023. The sampling method was a stratified cluster. The data collection tool included the "Demographic Information" checklist and Enrich's "Marital Satisfaction" questionnaire. Data analysis was done using descriptive tests, Independent T-test, and Regression.
Results: The average age of the participants was 37.3 ± 7.06. More than half of the participants had a bachelor's degree. Most people had rotating shifts. The average score of marital satisfaction was 145.94 ± 22.21. Based on the results of the multivariate regression test, the variables of education, employment status, work experience, type of shift, having a second job, and having a job other than medical staff explain 63% of the variance of marital satisfaction of pre-hospital personnel.
Conclusions: According to the findings of the present study, in general, the marital satisfaction of pre-hospital emergency personnel of Qom University of Medical Sciences is at an average to high level. People with a fixed shift, with a second job, high work experience, without a fixed job status, and bachelor's and associate's degrees had less marital satisfaction than others. Therefore, managers and policymakers in the health field must pay more attention to the quality of family life, especially the married life of pre-hospital emergency workers with the mentioned conditions.
Mahnaz Shahbazpour, Seyede Maryam Mousavi, Samereh Asadi Majreh,
Volume 29, Issue 1 (3-2026)
Abstract
Introduction: The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of schema therapy based on mothers' training on Social- emotional competence in adolescent girls with psychopathic behavior.
Methods: This semi-experimental study employed a pre-test, post-test, with a two-month follow-up design including an experimental and a control group. The statistical population comprised all female students in Senior high school (tenth and eleventh grade) at four public high schools in Karaj during the 2023–2024 academic year. The participants were 20 adolescent girls exhibiting psychopathic behaviour and their mothers, who were identified among 520 10th and 11th-grade students The Participants were selected through purposive sampling and randomly assigned to either the schema therapy group or the control group (10 participants in each). The measurement tools used in this study included the Levenson Psychopathic Behaviour Questionnaire and the Zhou & Ee Social- Emotional Competence Questionnaire. The intervention groups (mothers) underwent schema therapy (12 sessions of 90 minutes), but the mothers of control group did not receive any intervention. The questionnaires were completed by their teenage children in the pre-test and post-test and follow up stages.
Results: The results of the mixed analysis of variance showed significant differences between the experimental and control groups in pretest, posttest, and follow-up assessments (p < 0.05). Schema therapy based on mothers' training was effective in increasing social- emotional competence. In other words, schema therapy based on mothers' training significantly enhanced the social-emotional competence of adolescents.
Conclusions: It is recommended to use schema therapy based on mothers' training as a complementary method alongside other approaches to address psychological problems and increase emotional-social competence in students with psychopathic behaviour.
