Comparison of the Effectiveness of the Schema Therapy Training and Mindfulness on Intimacy, Commitment, andHappiness of Women with Couple Burnout

Aims: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of schema therapy education and mindfulness on couple intimacy,commitment, and happiness of women with couple burnout. Materials and Methods: This quasi‑experimental study was performed aspretest‑posttest with a control group. The population included all women with couple burnout who were referred to the charity of associationBaghiyato Allah Al‑Azam of Khomeini Shahr in 2018. From this population, 36 people were selected by available sampling method andwere randomly assigned to three groups, namely schema therapy (12 individuals), mindfulness (12 individuals), and control (12 individuals).Both experimental groups received eight 90‑min training sessions. The study instruments were Couple Intimacy Scale, Couple CommitmentScale, Couple Happiness Scale, and Couple Burnout Scale. Data were analyzed by SPSS software using multivariate covariance analysis andone‑way covariance analysis. Results: The findings showed a statistically significant difference between the experimental and control groupsin intimacy (P = 0.001, F = 20.84), commitment (P = 0.001, F = 30.52), and couple happiness (P = 0.001, F = 47.85) in the posttest phase.In addition, there was no significant difference between the effectiveness of two schema and mindfulness therapies on intimacy, there was asignificant difference in commitment and couple happiness. Conclusion: According to the findings, it can be concluded that the schema andmindfulness therapies can increase the level of intimacy, commitment, and couple happiness. Therefore, it is recommended that therapists usethese approaches as an effective treatment for enhancing intimacy, commitment, and couple happiness.

Keywords:

Commitment , couple burnout , happiness , intimacy , mindfulness , schema therapy