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Intervention for burnout and irrational beliefs in parents of couples seeking a divorce: A critical reflection of Igbo-African marital discord

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...

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Autores principales: Omeje, Grace Ngozi, Ede, Moses Onyemaechi, Amadi, Kingsley, Ogbueghu, Sylvester N., Chinweuba, Ngozi H., Obeagu, Emmanuel Ifeanyi, Eze, Emmanuel, Areji, Anthony Chukwudi, Agbo, Christian Onuorah, Ekwueme, Francis O.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10328683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37417632
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000034221
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author Omeje, Grace Ngozi
Ede, Moses Onyemaechi
Amadi, Kingsley
Ogbueghu, Sylvester N.
Chinweuba, Ngozi H.
Obeagu, Emmanuel Ifeanyi
Eze, Emmanuel
Areji, Anthony Chukwudi
Agbo, Christian Onuorah
Ekwueme, Francis O.
author_facet Omeje, Grace Ngozi
Ede, Moses Onyemaechi
Amadi, Kingsley
Ogbueghu, Sylvester N.
Chinweuba, Ngozi H.
Obeagu, Emmanuel Ifeanyi
Eze, Emmanuel
Areji, Anthony Chukwudi
Agbo, Christian Onuorah
Ekwueme, Francis O.
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description 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. METHODS: 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. RESULTS: 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. CONCLUSION: 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.
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spelling pubmed-103286832023-07-08 Intervention for burnout and irrational beliefs in parents of couples seeking a divorce: A critical reflection of Igbo-African marital discord Omeje, Grace Ngozi Ede, Moses Onyemaechi Amadi, Kingsley Ogbueghu, Sylvester N. Chinweuba, Ngozi H. Obeagu, Emmanuel Ifeanyi Eze, Emmanuel Areji, Anthony Chukwudi Agbo, Christian Onuorah Ekwueme, Francis O. Medicine (Baltimore) 6600 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. METHODS: 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. RESULTS: 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. CONCLUSION: 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. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2023-07-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10328683/ /pubmed/37417632 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000034221 Text en Copyright © 2023 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License 4.0 (CCBY-NC) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download, share, remix, transform, and buildup the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be used commercially without permission from the journal.
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Omeje, Grace Ngozi
Ede, Moses Onyemaechi
Amadi, Kingsley
Ogbueghu, Sylvester N.
Chinweuba, Ngozi H.
Obeagu, Emmanuel Ifeanyi
Eze, Emmanuel
Areji, Anthony Chukwudi
Agbo, Christian Onuorah
Ekwueme, Francis O.
Intervention for burnout and irrational beliefs in parents of couples seeking a divorce: A critical reflection of Igbo-African marital discord
title Intervention for burnout and irrational beliefs in parents of couples seeking a divorce: A critical reflection of Igbo-African marital discord
title_full Intervention for burnout and irrational beliefs in parents of couples seeking a divorce: A critical reflection of Igbo-African marital discord
title_fullStr Intervention for burnout and irrational beliefs in parents of couples seeking a divorce: A critical reflection of Igbo-African marital discord
title_full_unstemmed Intervention for burnout and irrational beliefs in parents of couples seeking a divorce: A critical reflection of Igbo-African marital discord
title_short Intervention for burnout and irrational beliefs in parents of couples seeking a divorce: A critical reflection of Igbo-African marital discord
title_sort intervention for burnout and irrational beliefs in parents of couples seeking a divorce: a critical reflection of igbo-african marital discord
topic 6600
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10328683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37417632
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000034221
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