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Volume 24, Issue 148 (6-2025)
Journal of Psychological Science 2025, 24(148): 285-303 |
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Mohammadi A, Hayati M, Yari L. (2025). The effectiveness of emotion regulation techniques on reducing conflicts and the possibility of divorce in couples with mentally retarded children. Journal of Psychological Science. 24(148), 285-303.
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Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran , a_mohammadi@pnu.ac.ir
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Background: Having a disabled child endangers the physical and mental health of the parents and confronts them with undesirable and challenging events. These couples experience a lot of psychological, social, and economic pressures that can affect their relationships and even lead to divorce. By adopting measures and using appropriate education and treatment methods, it is necessary to act to reduce the intensity of these tensions.
Aims: The current research aims to study effectiveness of emotion regulation techniques on reducing conflicts and the possibility of divorce in couples with mentally retarded children.
Methods: The research method was a quasi-experimental design with a pretest-posttest type with a control group. The statistical population included all couples with mentally retarded children covered by the Welfare Office living in Darreh Shahr city (Ilam province) and the statistical sample consisted of 20 couples with mentally disabled children who were selected using convenience sampling and were randomly assigned to two experimental groups (10 people) and control group (10 people). The experimental group underwent an intervention of emotion regulation techniques for 8 sessions (Gross, 2002), while the control group did not receive any intervention. To collect data, the Emotion Regulation Skills Questionnaire (Berking, 2016), the Marital Conflicts Questionnaire (Zaker & Barati, 1999), and the Marriage Instability Questionnaire (Edward et al., 1987) were used in the pre-test and post-test. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS.25 software and multivariate analysis of covariance.
Results: The results of multivariate analysis of covariance showed that emotion regulation techniques are effective in reducing conflicts and the probability of divorce in couples with mentally retarded children (P< 0.05).
Conclusion: According to the findings of the study, teaching emotion regulation skills to couples with mentally retarded children, is an important step that can be taken in reducing marital conflicts and regulating their emotions. Therefore, it is suggested to educational centers to use emotion regulation strategies as an independent and combined intervention along with other evidence-based interventions to reduce marital conflicts and the possibility of divorce in couples with mentally retarded children.
Aims: The current research aims to study effectiveness of emotion regulation techniques on reducing conflicts and the possibility of divorce in couples with mentally retarded children.
Methods: The research method was a quasi-experimental design with a pretest-posttest type with a control group. The statistical population included all couples with mentally retarded children covered by the Welfare Office living in Darreh Shahr city (Ilam province) and the statistical sample consisted of 20 couples with mentally disabled children who were selected using convenience sampling and were randomly assigned to two experimental groups (10 people) and control group (10 people). The experimental group underwent an intervention of emotion regulation techniques for 8 sessions (Gross, 2002), while the control group did not receive any intervention. To collect data, the Emotion Regulation Skills Questionnaire (Berking, 2016), the Marital Conflicts Questionnaire (Zaker & Barati, 1999), and the Marriage Instability Questionnaire (Edward et al., 1987) were used in the pre-test and post-test. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS.25 software and multivariate analysis of covariance.
Results: The results of multivariate analysis of covariance showed that emotion regulation techniques are effective in reducing conflicts and the probability of divorce in couples with mentally retarded children (P< 0.05).
Conclusion: According to the findings of the study, teaching emotion regulation skills to couples with mentally retarded children, is an important step that can be taken in reducing marital conflicts and regulating their emotions. Therefore, it is suggested to educational centers to use emotion regulation strategies as an independent and combined intervention along with other evidence-based interventions to reduce marital conflicts and the possibility of divorce in couples with mentally retarded children.
Keywords: emotion regulation techniques, marital conflicts, possibility of couple divorce, mentally retarded children
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