The Effectiveness of Quality of Life Therapy on Improving Relationships with Coworkers, and Reducing Work-Family Conflicts among the Personnel in Alzahra Medical Education Center, Isfahan, Iran

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1 Department of Psychology, School of Education and Psychology, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University AND Alzahra Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, School of Education and Psychology, Isfahan (Khorasgan Branch), Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran

3 Professor, Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Abstract

Background: The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of quality of life therapy on improving relationships with coworkers, and reducing work-family conflicts among the personnel in Alzahra Medical Education Center, Isfahan Iran.Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with pretest, posttest, and follow-up method and control group. The statistical population of this research included all employees of Alzahra in Isfahan. The sample consisted of 30 employees who were selected non-randomly, and randomly assigned to two equal groups of experimental and control. The experimental group received 9 treatment sessions of one and a half hours, under the training of quality of life therapy, while the control group did not receive any treatment. In the pretest, posttest, and follow-up period, both groups completed the relationships with coworkers scale, and the 18-item questionnaire on work-family conflict. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive (means and standard deviations) and inferential statistics (repeated measures analysis of variance).Findings: The quality of life therapy significantly improved the relationships with coworkers (F = 33.198; P < 0.001), as well as the work-family conflict (F = 10.480; P < 0.001) in experimental group, compared to control group.Conclusion: The results showed that quality of life therapy has an effect on improving relationships with coworkers, and reducing work-family conflicts.

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Journal of Isfahan Medical School
Volume 36, Issue 478 - Serial Number 478
March and April 2018
Pages 485-493

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  • Receive Date: 14 February 2018
  • Revise Date: 23 May 2024
  • Accept Date: 06 April 2022

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