The effectiveness of reality therapy on aggression, loneliness and emotional divorce in married women with internet addiction

Abstract

Objective: The present study aims to investigate the effectiveness of reality therapy on aggression, loneliness and emotional divorce in married women dependent on cyberspace. 
Method: The research method was a quasi-experimental type of pre-test-post-test with a control group. The statistical population is all married women related to cyberspace who were referred to counseling centers in the east of Tehran in 2022. The sample was 36 people from the statistical population based on Morgan's table and selected by available online sampling method. They were replaced randomly in two groups of 18 people, experimental and control. In order to collect data, Young's Internet Addiction Scale, Buss and Perry's Aggression Questionnaire (1992), UCLA Loneliness Questionnaire (1980) and Gottman's Emotional Divorce Scale were used. The experimental group subjects received 8 sessions of 120 minutes of reality therapy intervention with a time interval of one session per week for two months. The control group did not receive any intervention. The collected data were analyzed with spss software and analysis of covariance.
Results: The results showed that reality therapy the variable of aggressiveness, feelings of loneliness and emotional divorce in the experimental group compared to the control group had a significant effect (p<0.05).
Conclusion: The results of this research showed that reality therapy can be effective on aggression, loneliness and emotional divorce in married women dependent on virtual space.