The Effect of Detachment Group Therapy on the Codependency and Differentiation of Self in Women with an Addicted Spouse in Andimeshk

Nazmi, T.; Hamid, N.; Basak Nejad, S.

The Effect of Detachment Group Therapy on the Codependency and Differentiation of Self in Women with an Addicted Spouse in Andimeshk

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

T. Nazmi ¹

N. Hamid ²

S. Basak nejad ³

¹ MA of Clinical Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

² Associate Professor of Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

³ Assistant Professor of psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of detachment group therapy on the codependency and differentiation of self in women married to an addicted husband in Andimeshk. The research method was experimental with pre - posttest, follow- up and control group. The original sample consisted of 56 females with addicted spouses. 30 women married to addicts who acquired a score of above 40 in the Holyoake Codependency Index (HCI) had been randomly selected and randomly divided into two groups as experimental and control groups. The instruments were the Holyoake Codependency Index (HCI) and the Differentiation of Self Inventory (DSI). For the experimental group we used 12 sessions of detachment group therapy but the control group didn’t receive any intervention. We used the MANCOVA to analyze the data. The results showed that there was a significant difference between the experimental and the control group in the codependency and differentiation of self (p<0.05). Also, the rate of codependency decreased but the differentiation of self increased significantly in the experimental group in comparison with the pre-test and control group. These results persisted significantly in the 2 month follow- up period.

Keywords

Detachment group therapy

codependency

differentiation

women with addicted spouse

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