Comparison of the effect of individual and couple emotion focoused therapy on coping with postmenstrual changes in women with premenstrual disorder

Document Type : Original Article

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1 PhD Student, Department of General Psychology, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology and Health, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Department of General Psychology, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Prevalence of premenstrual syndrome in society and its effects on individual and social functioning of patients, and considering the important individual and social role of women in society, this study aims to determine the effect of individual and couple emotional therapy on coping methods. Postmenstrual changes were performed. The research design was quasi-experimental pre-test and post-test with three experimental groups and control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of all married women in Tehran. From this population, 53 people were selected as a statistical sample by the available method and were randomly replaced in three groups (two experimental groups and one control group). The required findings were collected using a questionnaire on coping with premenstrual changes (Reid et al., 2014) in three rounds: pre-test, post-test and follow-up test, and using size analysis of variance test. ‌Repeated capture was analyzed. Findings showed that individual emotion-oriented therapies and couple-emotion-oriented therapies in the experimental groups in the post-test stages compared to the control group increased coping strategies with premenstrual changes and this increase was stable over time. The results also showed that there is a significant difference between the effectiveness of individual emotion-oriented therapies and emotion-oriented couple therapy on the components of coping strategies. "Self-care" and "avoidance of harm" have been more effective than couple therapy.

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  • Receive Date: 08 September 2021
  • Revise Date: 16 November 2021
  • Accept Date: 02 March 2022

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