Сравнительный анализ влияния трех методов психотерапии на удовлетворенность браком и близостью у замужних женщин

Удовлетворенность браком и близостью выступают важными аспектами психологического благополучия. Благодаря психотерапии их качество может значительно улучшиться. В рамках настоящего исследования сравнивалось влияние трех методов психотерапии — эмоционально-сфокусированной парной терапии, терапии принятия и ответственности и имаготерапии — на удовлетворенность браком и близостью у замужних женщин. В этом полуэкспериментальном исследовании приняли участие три группы женщин. В исследовании участвовали 39 замужних женщин (14 человек проходили эмоционально-сфокусированную парную терапию, 14 женщин — терапию принятия и ответственности и 11 — имаготерапию). Данные были собраны с использованием тест-опросника удовлетворенности браком ENRICH. Для анализа данных использовалась программа SPSS v. 22, применялся однофакторный дисперсионный анализ и t-критерий для попарного сравнения средних значений. Результаты показали эффективность эмоционально-сфокусированной парной терапии (3,37±1,27 баллов до психотерапии против 4,79±0,68 баллов после прохождения психтерапии), терапии принятия и ответственности (3,35±0,35 против 4,19±0,16) и имаготерапии (3,52±0,15 против 4,17±0,16) в отношении удовлетворенности близостью (p=0,001, частичный эта квадрат=0,30); и эффективность эмоционально-сфокусированной парной терапии (203,70±14,88 против 273,33±8,26), терапии принятия и ответственности (202,11±16,29 против 208,71±13,66) и имаготерапии (200,08±7,51 против 438,01±17,82) в отношении удовлетворенности браком (p=0,001, частичный эта квадрат=0,98). Все виды терапии оказали большое влияние на удовлетворенность близостью и браком у замужних женщин. Имаготерапия выступила наиболее эффективным видом терапии.

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