Indian Journal of Positive Psychology

Joshy Jacob Vazhappilly ¹, Marc Eric S. Reyes ¹

Affiliations
1 The Graduate School, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, PH

Abstract

The urge to belong to someone and maintain a relationship is one of the basic human needs. Marriage is a social institution that responds to this basic human need. But recent times witness an alarmingly rising rate of divorce and separation, making marital relationship a distressing factor rather than one that augments the well-being of the people. The purpose of this study was to develop an intervention program for enhancing couples communication and marital satisfaction and to pilot test its feasibility and usability in the field of marriage therapy for enhancing marriage quality. Development of the program involved integration of qualitative and quantitative research designs. Primary Communication Inventory and Dyadic Adjustment Scale were used to measure the level of communication and marital satisfaction among the couples; interviews and Focused-Group Discussions were carried out to get a better understanding. Basing on these, a nine modular intervention was developed integrating the communication and emotion constructs of Non-Violent Communication (NVC) and Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT). The program was subjected to expert validation by six inter-disciplinary experts and pilot tested with six couples. The intervention was positively received by the participants and the results of the pilot test showed improvement in the level of communication and marital satisfaction among the couples.

Keywords

Couples Communication, Marital Satisfaction.

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Rajesh George ¹, Marc Eric S. Reyes ¹

Affiliations
1 The Graduate School, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, PH

Abstract

Burnout syndrome is an alarming issue in the modern work culture and its prevalence has amplified extensively as compared to the past. Psychiatric nurses, due to the peculiar nature of their work are heavily exposed to the damaging effects of burnout. This study was aimed at developing an intervention program for alleviating burnout and ameliorating quality of life of the nurses employed in psychiatric hospitals in Kerala and to pilot test its viability and usability in the clinical practice. The researcher employed a mixed research approach particularly the sequential exploratory design in the program development phase. Maslach Burnout Inventory-HSS and WHOQOL-bref were used respectively to assess the level of burnout and quality of life of the psychiatric nurses. In order to have a better knowledge of the current scenario and prevalence of burnout among the mental health nurses, researchers carried out need-assessment survey, semi-structured interviews and focused-group discussions. Basing on the insight received from these assessment procedures, researchers developed an eight-modular intervention program, Positive Self-Process Program (PSPP), integrating the Multi-dimensional Theory of Burnout and Self-Compassion Theory. The newly developed intervention program was content validated by eight inter-disciplinary experts and content validation showed excellent Cronbach's co- efficient (α .90). PSPP was pilot tested for its feasibility with 10 nurses engaged in mental health services. The intervention program had a positive effect on the participants of the pilot study. This was validated through the statistical analysis of the data using Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test, which showed reduced burnout and improved quality of life.

Keywords

Burnout, Pilot-Study, Psychiatric Nurses, Quality of Life.

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