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1- Kharazmi University
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Background & Objectives: Couples who are effectively interconnected present mutual affirmation and can listen and respond to their spouse's needs in a non–defensive manner. The in–depth knowledge of skills and their use in coping with problems and crises are keys to effective marital relations; they enhance the strength and consistency of spouses. However, this knowledge, among couples in distress, is scarce. One of the behaviors that cause communication problems is control. Geriatric control usually occurs in closed home environments, causing uncertainty and the disruption of family integrity. Controlling destroys cohesion, bonding, adaptation, and resilience among family members. Controlling behaviors destruct the family system and couples’ relationships. Some examples of such adverse consequences include the disturbance of couples intimacy, as well as the inefficiency and incompatibility of the family with issues, differences, values, and beliefs, decreased flexibility and cohesion among family members, impaired communication, disrupted familial feelings, the lack of common understanding of communication patterns and interpersonal interactions, and reduced resilience in the face of multiple complications. Considering the necessity of implementing novel methods to solve couples’ problems, this study aimed to compare the effects of Integrative–Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT) and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) on couples’ controlling behaviors.
Methods: This was a quasi–experimental study with a pretest–posttest and a control group design. The statistical population included all couples referring to counseling centers in Karaj City, Iran, to resolve marital disputes. The study subjects were selected by convenience random sampling method and randomly placed in two experimental and one control (n=16; 8 couples per group) groups. The research instrument was the Controlling Behaviors Scale (CBS). The study subjects' choice was higher than the average in the CBS. After conducting the pretest, the IBCT and DBT programs were provided to the test groups; however, the controls received no intervention. Finally, a posttest was performed on all research groups. The obtained data were analyzed in SPSS by Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) at the 0.01 significance level.
Results: The ANCOVA data indicated that DBT significantly reduced the mean score of controlling behaviors in the examined couples (p<0.001); however, no such effects were detected in the IBCT group. Furthermore, the post–hoc test data revealed that the effects of DBT were greater than that of the IBCT on reducing controlling behaviors. Accordingly, the effect size concerning the controlling behaviors was measured as 0.54, explaining approximately 54% of the within–group changes in the IBCT group.
Conclusion: This study suggested that DBT is applicable among couples; DBT could effectively decline couples’ controlling behaviors; however, the IBCT was not effective in reducing couples’ controlling behaviors.
Methods: This was a quasi–experimental study with a pretest–posttest and a control group design. The statistical population included all couples referring to counseling centers in Karaj City, Iran, to resolve marital disputes. The study subjects were selected by convenience random sampling method and randomly placed in two experimental and one control (n=16; 8 couples per group) groups. The research instrument was the Controlling Behaviors Scale (CBS). The study subjects' choice was higher than the average in the CBS. After conducting the pretest, the IBCT and DBT programs were provided to the test groups; however, the controls received no intervention. Finally, a posttest was performed on all research groups. The obtained data were analyzed in SPSS by Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) at the 0.01 significance level.
Results: The ANCOVA data indicated that DBT significantly reduced the mean score of controlling behaviors in the examined couples (p<0.001); however, no such effects were detected in the IBCT group. Furthermore, the post–hoc test data revealed that the effects of DBT were greater than that of the IBCT on reducing controlling behaviors. Accordingly, the effect size concerning the controlling behaviors was measured as 0.54, explaining approximately 54% of the within–group changes in the IBCT group.
Conclusion: This study suggested that DBT is applicable among couples; DBT could effectively decline couples’ controlling behaviors; however, the IBCT was not effective in reducing couples’ controlling behaviors.
Keywords: Integrative–Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Controlling behaviors, Couples.
Type of Study: Original Research Article |
Subject:
Counseling
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