THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS COUPLE THERAPY (TACT) ON LONELINESS OF INJURED WOMEN FROM INFIDELITY IN SALMAS CITY

Loneliness is a painful mood and appears when it would have distanced between
interpersonal relationships that one wants to have and the relationships that he currently has .The aim of
this study was to examine the efficacy of transactional analysis couples therapy (EFCT) on loneliness
of injured women from infidelity.
Materials & Methods: This research is applied and in terms of design, semi-experimental and in the
form of pre-test, post-test and follow-up designed. The statistical population consisted of all women
who referred to the family counseling center in Salmas in relation to the infidelity problem. The sample
size consisted of 20 women who were voluntarily selected from among the community and randomly
assigned to two groups. The experimental group educated, 8 individual sessions 90 minutes each week
in two months, with TA process, and control group were not performed any education. Russell's sense
of loneliness questionnaire was performed. Descriptive statistics and multivariate covariance analysis
were used to analyze the data. Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 22.
Results: The results of study showed that teaching transactional analysis couple therapy could decrease
the loneliness of injured women from infidelity and the result in follow up showed that the efficacy of
transactional analysis couples therapy remained after two months. (P< 0/05)
Conclusion: The efficacy of transactional analysis couples therapy (TACT) can play a significant role
in decreasing of loneliness of injured women from infidelity and therapists can use that for treatment of
decreasing of loneliness.