The effectiveness of transactional analysis on verbal conflicts, neglect and misbehavior of married women

Abstract

The present study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of transactional analysis on married women's verbal conflicts, neglect, and misbehavior. The present research method was semi-experimental with test groups, a control group, and a pre-test, post-test, and two-month follow-up design. The statistical population of this research was the women referred to Mehravar Counseling Center in Tehran. From among them, 20 women who had been referred to this center due to marital and family problems were selected as available. After comparing the subjects, the entry and exit criteria of the study were randomly assigned to 10 women in the treatment group using the transactional analysis method and ten women in the control group. After performing the pre-test, the experimental group received treatment for eight sessions of 90 minutes; the control group did not receive any treatment after the pre-test. Both groups were evaluated in the pre-test, post-test, and two-month follow-up stages using the Marital Conflict Resolution Strategies Questionnaire by Strauss (1979). Variance analysis with repeated measurements test method was used to analyze the data. The results showed that transactional analysis improved verbal conflict (F=51.67, p=0.001), neglect (F=57.39, p=0.001), and misbehavior (F=10.30, p=0.001). p=0) in the post-test and follow-up stages. Based on the findings, in addition to improving the level of couples' compatibility, transactional analysis has also led to reducing conflicts.