Testing the impacts of rational-emotive couple intervention in a sample of parents seeking divorce.
- Title
- Testing the impacts of rational-emotive couple intervention in a sample of parents seeking divorce.
- Author(s)
- Ede, M.O. & Okeke, C. I. See all items with this value
- Date
- 2022 See all items with this value
- Description
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Marital burnout has not been extensively studied despite its huge consequences on family wellbeing and quality of family life. This study, using randomised-controlled trial, tested the impact of rational-emotive couple intervention on marital burnout in a sample of parents seeking a divorce. A total of 67 parents who participated during the rational-emotive couple intervention (RECI) were assessed using the marital burnout scale, Beck depression inventory, and parent rational and irrational beliefs scale. Crosstabulation, multivariate test analysis, and bivariate analysis were used to analyse
the data collected. Results show a significant reduction of marital burnout in RECI group participants, and significant improvement was maintained at the follow-up stage. The result of the group and gender interaction effect shows no significant interaction effect of group and gender on participants’ marital burnout at Time two and Time 3,
respectively. The results indicate that a decrease in parents’ irrational beliefs accounts for marital burnout among couples seeking a divorce. Marital burnout is positively associated with depression among couples seeking a divorce. This study concludes that the RECI is an effective intervention that reduces marital burnout which is a direct
consequence of irrational beliefs which later metamorphose into depressive symptoms. - Publisher
- Psychological Reports See all items with this value
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- Keywords
- rational-emotive couple intervention, marital burnout, divorce, depression, parents, rational and irrational beliefs See all items with this value
- pages
- 1–26
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