The Effectiveness of Emotionally Focused group Couple Therapy on Marital Satisfaction in couples referred to Counseling Center Education District 2 Mashhad

Document Type : پژوهشی

Authors

• Ahmad Etemadi
• Hossien ahmad barabadi

Allameh Tabatabai University

10.22067/ijap.v4i1.15242

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotionally focused group couple therapy on marital satisfaction. we used quasi-experimental design with a pretest, posttest and comparison group. The sample included 14 couples with marital conflicts, who were selected through a goal-oriented method and were randomly assigned into experimental and comparison groups. The Index of Marital Satisfaction (IMS) Scale was used in the pre-test and post-test. The experimental group received 20 two-hour sessions of emotionally focused group couple therapy. A comparison of differential scores using onewaycovariance analysis showed that there was a significant difference between the two groups. Therefore, it can be argued that emotionally focused group couple therapy improved marital satisfaction of the experimental group as compared to the comparison group.

Keywords

• Couple Therapy
• Emotionally Focused Group Couple Therapy
• Marital Satisfaction

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