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The effectiveness of positive self-talk training with a cognitive-behavioral approach on marital intimacy in Arabic-speaking women with cancer

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Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Masomeh Sheykhloo 1
Hasan Yaghobi 2
Ali Aliasghari 3

1 Master of Arts in Arabic Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Shahid Madani University of Azerbaijan, Tabriz, Iran.

2 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Shahid Madani University of Azerbaijan, Tabriz, Iran

3 PhD student in Psychology. Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology. Shahid Madani University of Azerbaijan. Tabriz. Iran.

Abstract
The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of positive self-talk training with a cognitive-behavioral approach in Arabic on marital intimacy in married Arab-speaking women with cancer in Urmia city. The research method was a quasi-experimental design with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population included married Arab-speaking women aged 25 to 55 with cancer who had referred to Urmia medical centers in the first half of 1404 (1425 AH). Among the eligible subjects, 30 were purposively selected and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups (15 each). The data collection tool was the Walker and Thompson Marital Intimacy Questionnaire (Arabic version). The experimental group received positive self-talk training with a cognitive-behavioral approach in Arabic for 8 90-minute sessions, while the control group did not receive any intervention. The data were analyzed using the multivariate covariance test. The results showed that after controlling for the pretest effect, there was a significant difference between the two groups in overall marital intimacy and emotional, verbal, and sexual dimensions (P<0.001). The greatest effect of the intervention was observed on emotional intimacy. These findings indicate that positive self-talk training in the mother tongue can improve marital intimacy in women with cancer.

Keywords

Positive self-talk
cognitive-behavioral approach
marital intimacy
native language
Arabic-speaking cancer patients

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