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Background and purpose: Perfectionism towards the spouse is associated with very high expectations from the spouse and causes conflict and dissatisfaction in the family. The purpose of this study was to develop an educational package to modify perfectionism towards the spouse with an Islamic behavioral cognitive approach.Methods: In this research, two qualitative and quantitative methods have been used. First, in order to find the components and techniques and to make an educational package, related data from Islamic teachings and psychological texts were collected and analyzed by qualitative content analysis method and grounded theory approach. Then to evaluate the validity of the content, 12 experts' opinions on goals, techniques and homework were considered. After deleting and correcting some items based on experts' opinions, the final package of extremist perfectionism adjustment towards the spouse was presented. Results: The findings of the present study showed that the training package for modifying perfectionism towards the spouse with an Islamic behavioral cognitive approach, consists of fourteen sessions, ninety minutes that include 1) establishing a therapeutic relationship and evaluation 2) Decrease self-centeredness, 3) Decrease high expectations of spouse, 4) Decrease domination over spouse, 5) Increase differentiation towards spouse, 6) Increase flexibility, 7) Strengthen forgiveness, 8) Strengthen attention to thoughts And feelings of the spouse, 9) improving the relationship with the spouse's family, 10) positivity towards the spouse, 11) correcting cognitive distortions towards the spouse, 12) reducing emotional sensitivity and irritability, 13) reducing extreme sensitivity to details, 14) Reduce work and social problems and summarize meetings....

The present study tried to achieve a conceptual model of wisdom and examine its validating through three methods of linguistic semantics, grounded theory, and survey descriptive method. By reviewing the concept of wisdom in the fields of vocabulary and psychology, 23 primary concepts related to wisdom were identified in Islamic sources. After analyzing content validity, nineteen concepts were left out of 23 concepts. In the phase of collecting the documents, there were 2149 data resulted from seeking the data related to nineteen concepts which were screened in the two stages of book weakness and the lack of conceptual relevance. It resulted in omitting 1039 documents and leaving 1110 Islamic data as well as twelve concepts for modeling. These concepts, including reason (Aghl), intellect (Hekmat), distinction (Tamiz), knowledge (Marefat), science (Elm), mental processing (Pardazesh Zehni), understanding (Fahm), insight (Basirat), acumen (Ferasat), perspicacity (Kiasat), Fiqh, ingenuity (Fetanat), and sagacity (Zekavat), were analyzed using grounded theory in the four stages. By the judgmental sampling, 1276 primary open codes, 344 centralized open codes, 84 axial codes, and 19 core categories were identified. The proportionality among the core categories and comparing them with the documents showed that Islamic wisdom consists of ten conceptual elements, including knowledge (Danesh), distinction (Tamiz), mental processing (Pardazesh Zehni), control (Mahar), certainty in action (Etghan dar Amal), perspicacity (Kiasat), acumen (Ferasat), insight (Basirat), Fiqh, and cleverness (Tizfahmi). These elements were analyzed by eleven experts and Content Validity Index (CVI). In addition, the experts confirmed the validity of elements.