Document Type : Research Paper
Author
Assistant professor, Research Center for Theology and Family, Islamic Sciences and Culture Academy
Abstract
Religion and culture are important in family therapy, so discovering the religious model of family therapy originating from Islamic sources and Iranian culture can be useful for Iranian Muslim families. Therefore, the aim's of current research was conducted discovering the model of religious family therapy. For this purpose, using an exploratory study of thematic analysis, study data from four sources of Islamic texts including Quranic verses and Hadiths, authentic qualitative articles with a sample of Iranian families, interviews with family counseling experts and formation of a focus group including counseling, ethics and Hadith experts. , jurisprudence and family rights were obtained. Qualitative data analysis was done by following the standards of qualitative studies and the reliability of its data and with the Sterling method. Findings based on universal themes showed that religious family therapy interventions include interventions based on religious perceptions and behaviors, including correct perception of God and performing religious behaviors, religious spirituality, including the spirituality of the divine in relationships, regulation, including tolerance in relationships, control, including self-control. Emotions, include kindness, conversation includes good conversation, and adherence to religious obligations includes respect for rights and loyalty. The content validity of the model using CVI and CVR coefficients was above 75 and 85%, respectively, which shows the content validity of this model. According to the obtained religious processes, this model can be proposed as an independent family therapy model, and other religions can integrate family therapy based on the client's religion based on the religious processes of this model.
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