effectiveness of cognitive behavioral training on improving communication interactions, burnout, and emotional detachment in 40- to 50-year-old female military personnel

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1 Master's degree, Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan Branch, Lahijan, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Counseling, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

This research was conducted to determine the effectiveness of group cognitive-behavioral training on improving relations, marital dissatisfaction and emotional detachment of women aged 40 to 50; The statistical population of this research was all women aged 40 to 50 who referred to Astan Mehr Mashhad Psychological Services and Counseling Center from the beginning of March 1402 to the end of May 1403. 30 people were determined, and this statistical sample was selected by available sampling method and randomly divided into two experimental (15 people) and control (15 people) groups. Enrich Marital Satisfaction Scale - (1998), Pines' Marital Discomfort (1996) and Gutman's Emotional Dissociation (1988) answered after comparing the two groups at this stage by independent T-test, from the first week of June to the end of the first week of July 2013 The educational intervention of group cognitive-behavioral training based on the approach of Datilio (2020) was implemented in 10 90-minute sessions on the experimental group, and finally, the participants of both groups answered the desired questionnaires in the post-test stage, and the data were obtained In order to analyze the hypotheses of the research, it was analyzed by univariate analysis of covariance test. The findings showed (p<0.05) that there is a significant difference between the two experimental and control groups in the indicators of sexual relationship, marital boredom and emotional detachment in the post-test phase, so it can be concluded that group cognitive-behavioral training is based on It has an effect on sex, marital boredom, and emotional dissociation.

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Military Psychology
Volume 16, Issue 1 - Serial Number 61
Spring Quarterly
September 2025
Pages 167-186

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  • Receive Date: 16 May 2025
  • Revise Date: 01 July 2025
  • Accept Date: 03 September 2025

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