Compilation of an Integrated Therapy Model Based on Compassion-Focused Therapy, Integrated Islamic Therapy and Therapy Based on Acceptance and Commitment and Its Effectiveness on Life Satisfaction of Depressed Married Women in Yazd City

Amid  Tashakori; Najmeh Sederpooshan

doi:10.18502/tbj.v22i5.14758

Amid Tashakori PhD student in Counseling, department of counseling, yazd branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd , Iran
Najmeh Sederpooshan Assistant Professor, faculty member,islamic Azad University, Khomeini Shahr Branch, Khomeini Shahr, Isfahan, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/tbj.v22i5.14758

Keywords: Depression, Integrated Psychotherapy, Life Satisfaction

Abstract

Introduction: As a large part of society who experience different restrictions according to different cultural, historical and social situations, women face difficult emotional conditions during marriage. This research is conducted with the aim of developing a combination treatment model based on compassion-focused therapy, integrated Islamic therapy, and therapy based on acceptance and commitment and its effectiveness on life satisfaction of depressed married women in Yazd city in 1400.

Methods: The research method was a combination of an exploratory design with a compilation and classification approach. The first stage was done qualitatively and based on a descriptive phenomenological strategy. In the qualitative part of the research, a combination treatment protocol based on the approach of combining psychotherapies by Stricker (2006) was compiled and validated. In the quantitative (second) part, based on convenience sampling, 30 depressed married women were selected, and then, through a quasi-experimental method with a pre-test and post-testregarding the two test groups and proof, the effectiveness of the developed protocol on their life satisfaction was assessed. The statistical population of the research included all the women who referred to counseling centers in Yazd city, for whom the diagnosis of depression (Beck Depression Scale) was given. In order to measure people's life satisfaction, Diener's life satisfaction scale was used. In order to analyze the quantitative data of the research, the analysis of covariance method was used.

Results: After extracting 11 main categories, a unified treatment protocol was formulated according to the findings. For validation, ratio coefficients and content validity index were used. The coefficients in all items were higher than 0/79 for CVI index and higher than 0./56 for CVR index.

Conclusion: The results of the analysis of the findings showed that integrated psychotherapy based on self-discipline approach, integrated Islamic treatment approach, and treatment approach based on acceptance and commitment increase life satisfaction of depressed married women in Yazd city.