Conceptual bases of psychocorrectional assistance to women in codependent marriage relationships

Aim: To develop a programme of psychocorrectional assistance for women in codependent marital relationships and to evaluate its effectiveness.

Materials and Methods: The study involved 48 women aged 25-45 years who were in codependent marital relationships. The basic course of psychocorrectional therapy consisted of ten sessions. The effectiveness of the psychocorrectional programme was assessed using the following psychodiagnostic methods: the Codependency Self-Evaluation Scale (CSIS), the Codependency Level Measurement Scale (D. Spann and D. Fisher), Self-Evaluation of Emotional States (A. Wessman, D. Ricks), Self-Evaluation of Mental States (H. Eysenck), and Definition of Self-Evaluation (S. Kovalev).

Results: As a result of the psychocorrectional sessions, the general mental state of the women improved. They reported feeling more energetic, confident, calm, and relaxed. Stabilisation of the new self-position in everyday and partner-related situations, as well as a strengthening of decision-making quality in relationships, was observed in 42 (87.5%) participants during long-term follow-up.

Conclusions: The developed comprehensive psychocorrectional programme demonstrated high effectiveness both in short- and medium-term outcomes and in the long term. This indicates the achievement of a positive personal transformation among the participants, serzzving as a psychoprophylactic factor against the risk of developing further codependent relationships. Future research is planned to focus on developing a psychocorrectional programme for men in codependent relationships and evaluating its effectiveness.