Ego capability examination in conjunction with marital adjustment

Pages: 1068-1071
Mahdy Jahan Ara (Master of Medicine, Iran)
Adel Ghari and Razieh Esfandiari (Department of Counseling, Khomeini Shahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khomeini Shahr, Iran)

The purpose of this study is to investigate the potential of Ego in relation to marital adjustment. A semi-experimental design was a pre-test-post-test with a control and experimental group. The statistical population consisted of 80 couples in Esfahan city of Isfahan, 80 women and 80 men. Sampling method is available using available samples. The sample size was divided into two experimental and control groups. The experimental group received Ego therapy in 6 sessions per hour (weekly one session). Both groups responded to questions about the fear of negative evaluation once before intervention and once upon completion of the intervention. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics such as covariance analysis. Findings showed that amateur training has a significant effect on improving the overall score of fear of negative evaluation.