Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2023 Jul 7;102(27):e34221. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000034221.
Looking at the sociocultural dimension of marriage in the sub-region of Nigeria like Igbo, parents allow their sons and daughters to marry so that they can have homes. The expectation is for them to have permanent homes. If there is anything contrary to that such as divorce, parents usually frown at it. To some extent, the psychological effects of it may be deeply rooted in parents who hear that their children are seeking a divorce. Given this reason, this study investigated the effect of rational emotive family health therapy (REFHT) on burnout and irrational beliefs in parents of couples seeking a divorce.
This is a pretest-posttest randomized control group research. Two instruments were used to measure 73 participants who were assigned to treatment and control arms. the intervention group received 12 sessions of counseling that aimed to decrease the level of burnout and irrational beliefs. At the end of the sessions and assessments, the data were analyzed using repeated measures, cross-tabulation, and univariate statistics.
the finding indicated that REFHT was highly effective in decreasing the high parental burnout orchestrated by irrational belief. Comparing the mean scores of the participants exposed to the intervention and those in the control group after time 1 and 2 assessments, the mean reduction of burnout and irrational beliefs further showed a positive treatment outcome. There was no significant influence of gender, time, and group.
This study suggests that REFHT is significant in improving the psycho-emotional wellness of parents of couples seeking a divorce. Thus, additional research is required to validate the impact of REFHT in decreasing burnout in other populations.
在尼日利亚的伊格博等次区域，从社会文化角度来看，父母允许自己的儿子和女儿结婚，以便他们能够拥有自己的家。他们期望儿女能有一个永久的家。如果有任何违背这一期望的事情发生，比如离婚，父母通常会对此表示不满。在某种程度上，听到孩子寻求离婚的消息，父母可能会深受其心理影响。基于此，本研究调查了理性情绪家庭健康疗法（REFHT）对寻求离婚的夫妇的父母的倦怠和非理性信念的影响。
这是一项前后测随机对照研究。使用两种工具测量了 73 名参与者，他们被分配到治疗组和对照组。干预组接受了 12 次咨询，旨在降低倦怠和非理性信念的水平。在结束咨询和评估后，使用重复测量、交叉表和单变量统计分析数据。
研究结果表明，REFHT 非常有效地降低了由非理性信念引起的父母高度倦怠。比较了干预组和对照组参与者在第 1 次和第 2 次评估后的平均得分，倦怠和非理性信念的平均减少进一步表明了积极的治疗效果。性别、时间和组之间没有显著影响。
本研究表明，REFHT 对改善寻求离婚的夫妇的父母的心理情绪健康具有重要意义。因此，需要进一步研究以验证 REFHT 在降低其他人群倦怠方面的影响。
