The Role of Cognitive Belief, Fusion and Distortion in Predicting the General Health of Couples

Introduction: General health comprised features that act as a shield in the face of stressful life situations and help couples have better performance in these situations. The present study was conducted to determine the role of cognitive belief, fusion and distortion in predicting the general health of couples. Methods: Descriptive research method was used in this study. Population of the study included all couples in the city of Ardabil in 2016. Three hundred and eighty individuals (190 couples) were selected from parks and other public places through available sampling and the use of Krejcie and Morgan table. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and linear regression analysis. Results: The results of this study showed a significant relationship between meta-cognitive beliefs (r = 0.47, p < 0.05), cognitive fusion (r = 0.33, p < 0.05) and cognitive distortion (r = 0.28, p < 0.05) with general health. Beta coefficients for predictor variables indicated that metacognitive belief (B = 0.34), cognitive fusion (B = 0.28) and cognitive distortion (B = 0.21) can predict the general health of couples (p < 0.05). Conclusion: From the results, it can be concluded that couples with higher levels of meta-cognitive beliefs, cognitive fusion and cognitive distortion had lower general health.