@article{MAKHILLTSS2016112623975,
    title = {Effectiveness of Group Therapy Transactional Analysis
Approach to Increasing Marital Intimacy},
    journal = {The Social Sciences},
    volume = {11},
    number = {26},
    pages = {6289-6293},
    year = {2016},
    issn = {1818-5800},
    doi = {sscience.2016.6289.6293},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1818-5800&doi=sscience.2016.6289.6293},
    author = {Hamid and},
    keywords = {Group therapy,transactional analysis,marital intimacy,transactional,Mashhad},
    abstract = {This study is of quasi-experimental studies and unequal control group (pretest-posttest) type
whichaims to assess the efficacy of the treatment group with transactional analysis approach on marital
intimacy in the city of Mashhad. The study population consisted of all couples referred to Education
Department of Mashhad for counseling due to marital discord in the period of 1/21/2015 until 3/6/2015. Twenty
couples signed up voluntarily who were put in two groups of test (10 couples) and control (10 couples). The
means used in this study was Thompson and Walker intimacy scale (1983). The training was performed based
on transactional analysis during 10 sessions of 2 hours on experimental group and the control group was not
provided with any special training. At the end, both groups were tested. The results showed that group therapy
with transactional analysis method is effective on marital intimacy of subjects (p = 0.05).}
    }