Depression and Anemia the Effectiveness of Compassion Therapy on Problem Solving, Marital Intimacy and Positive Feeling Towards Spouse in Married Students of Mashhad

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of compassion therapy on positive feelings towards spouse, marital intimacy and problem solving of married students in Mashhad. Method: This research was a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest and control group design. The statistical population includes the married students of Hekmat Razavi Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad in 2020 which from them, 40 students were selected using convenience sampling method and were randomly divided into two experimental (n=20) and control (n=20) groups. The experimental group received 8 sessions of compassion therapy and the control group did not receive any intervention. The Cassidy and Long problem-solving questionnaire, Bagarozi marital intimacy need questionnaire and O'Leary positive feelings towards spouse questionnaire were used to collect data at two stages of pre and posttest. The data were analyzed using MANCOVA method by SPSS-23 software. Findings: The results showed significant difference between the experimental group and control group and compassion therapy led to the improvement of the dimensions of problem solving, marital intimacy and positive feelings towards the spouses of married students.