EFFECTIVENESS OF EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED COUPLES THERAPY) ON IMPROVINGQUALITY OF MARITAL RELATIONSHIPS AND INCREASING INTIMACY OF COUPLES

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ARSALANDEH FERESHTEH; HABIBI MASOOMEH; SALIMI ARMAN; SHAKARAMI MOHAMMAD; DAVARNIYA REZA

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Journal: ZANKO JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES Year:2018 | Volume:18 | Issue:59 Page(s): 68-79

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EFFECTIVENESS OF EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED COUPLES THERAPY) ON IMPROVINGQUALITY OF MARITAL RELATIONSHIPS AND INCREASING INTIMACY OF COUPLES

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Background and Aims: Marital relations quality is a multidimensional concept that includesvarious aspects of couples’ communications such as compliance, satisfaction, happiness, solidarity and commitment. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of EmotionallyFocused Couples Therapy on improving the marital relationship quality and increasing themarital intimacy. Materials and Method: This research is a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttestdesign and a control group. The study population comprised of couples with marital problemsthat referred to the mental health care center of Kosar in Karaj in the second half of2014. Based on preliminary interview and entry and exit criteria for the study, 20 coupleswere selected through convenience sampling method and assigned to two experimental andcontrol groups (each group of 10 couples). The marital status of Golumberg-Rustquestionnaire and marital intimacy scale of Thompson and Walker were filled out by thesubjects in the two groups in the pre-test and post-test phases. Emotionally Focused CouplesTherapy sessions for experimental group were held 10 weekly sessions of an hour and a half. Participants in the control group did not receive intervention. Data were analysed bymultivariate analysis of covariance using SPSSV20. Results: The results of analysis of covariance showed that Emotionally Focused CouplesTherapy improved the quality of marital relationships (F = 66. 98) and increased intimacy (F= 56. 37) in the couples of experimental group compared with the control group (p < 0. 01). Conclusion: Results of this study showed that Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy waseffective in improving the quality of marital relationships and increasing marital intimacy. Itis recommended to apply this method of COUPLE THERAPY in family counseling centers andworkshops in order to solve the problems and marital conflicts of couples.

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ARSALANDEH, FERESHTEH, HABIBI, MASOOMEH, SALIMI, ARMAN, SHAKARAMI, MOHAMMAD, & DAVARNIYA, REZA. (2018). EFFECTIVENESS OF EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED COUPLES THERAPY) ON IMPROVINGQUALITY OF MARITAL RELATIONSHIPS AND INCREASING INTIMACY OF COUPLES. ZANKO JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, 18(59 ), 68-79. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/113113/en

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ARSALANDEH FERESHTEH, HABIBI MASOOMEH, SALIMI ARMAN, SHAKARAMI MOHAMMAD, DAVARNIYA REZA. EFFECTIVENESS OF EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED COUPLES THERAPY) ON IMPROVINGQUALITY OF MARITAL RELATIONSHIPS AND INCREASING INTIMACY OF COUPLES. ZANKO JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES[Internet]. 2018;18(59 ):68-79. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/113113/en

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FERESHTEH ARSALANDEH, MASOOMEH HABIBI, ARMAN SALIMI, MOHAMMAD SHAKARAMI, and REZA DAVARNIYA, “EFFECTIVENESS OF EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED COUPLES THERAPY) ON IMPROVINGQUALITY OF MARITAL RELATIONSHIPS AND INCREASING INTIMACY OF COUPLES,” ZANKO JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, vol. 18, no. 59 , pp. 68–79, 2018, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/113113/en

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