Thesis:

Investigating the effectiveness of religion-based cognitive behavioral family therapy on family cohesion, marital compatibility in men referring to Neishabur counseling centers

The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of religion-based cognitive behavioral family therapy on family cohesion and marital compatibility in men referring to Neishabur counseling centers. This research is practical according to the nature of the correlation study and in terms of the purpose. The statistical population in this research is among the men who referred to the counseling and psychotherapy center of the researcher to solve family conflicts and problems in 1402, based on the entry and exit criteria of the research and with the coordination of education and training, with a targeted and voluntary sampling method of 30 men. 20 to 50 years old) were selected and randomly placed in experimental and control groups (15 people in the experimental group and 15 people in the control group). To collect data, two questionnaires of Fisher's family cohesion (1992), marital adjustment scale by Spiner (1976), religion-centered cognitive behavioral family therapy (RCBT) protocol were used. The focus was carried out weekly on the experimental group for 10 sessions of 45 minutes. There was no intervention in the control group. The analysis of this research was done using SPSS version 26 statistical software at two levels of descriptive and inferential statistics. In the descriptive statistics section, statistical characteristics such as frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation were used, and in the inferential statistics section, Pearson's correlation coefficient tests and covariance analysis were used. The findings showed that there is a significant difference between the two experimental and control groups in the family cohesion and marital compatibility of men referring to Neishabur counseling centers at the p<0.05 level. That is, religion-based cognitive behavioral family therapy has been able to increase family cohesion and marital adjustment of men referring to Neishabour counseling centers in the post-test phase.

Keywords: family cohesion, religion-based cognitive behavioral family therapy, marital adjustment, men