AbstractIntroduction: Mindfulness is considered as an important concept in improving communication quality and the couple's relationship in the field of marital adjustment, but the conducted researches show that there are few valid tools in this field. The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the psychometric characteristics of The Mindfulness in Couple Relationships Scale (MCRS) in Iranian society, which can be useful to fill this gap.Method: The present study was a descriptive-applied study of the psychometric type. The research sample consists of 720 Iranian men and women with an average age of 35 years, who were selected using the convenience sampling method from among the residents of Tehran in 2023. The Persian version of the scale was implemented along with marital interaction stability questionnaires, marital frustration scale and Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire (RSQ). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to check the validity of the scale and Cronbach's Alpha Formula was used for its validity method (internal consistency). The test-retest reliability was used to check the validity (reliability) as well.Results: The findings were analyzed using SPSS 21 and AMOS 24 software packages, which indicates the fitness and desirability of the eight Factor Mindfulness Questionnaire in couples' relationships. The validity of this scale was obtained using Cronbach's alpha coefficient, which was 0.87 for Non-Judging, 0.70 for Patience, 0.89 for Beginner’s Mind, 0.83 for Trust of Self, 0.64 for Non-Striving, 0.76 for Acceptance, and 0.69 for Letting Go, 0.74 for Noticing and for the whole scale was equal to 0.92 at a significance level of 0.01. Also, according to the results, there is a significant direct relationship between the Mindfulness in Couple Relationships and the marital interaction stability, and a negative significant relationship between the Mindfulness in Couple Relationships and Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire and marital dissatisfaction, which indicates the convergent and divergent validity of the Mindfulness in Couple Relationships Scale.Conclusion: The results of this research show that the Persian version of the mindfulness questionnaire in couples' relationships has sufficient validity and reliability, and can be used as a useful tool for Couples Therapy Interventions and research purposes.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Couple Therapy (CBCT) and Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT) on the communication patterns of couples with extramarital relationships.Method: This semi-experimental study was conducted on all couples referred to counseling centers in Mashhad, 2020. For this purpose, 39 couples were selected by convenience method and were randomly divided into two experimental groups and one control group. The experimental groups were subjected to treatment protocol intervention and the control group was not subjected to any intervention. The Communication Patterns Questionnaire (CPQ) of Christensen and Sullaway (1984) was used for collecting data. Data were analyzed through one way ANCOVA and SPSS software.Results: There was a significant difference between the scores of mutually constructive communication pattern, avoidance and expectation/withdrawal in the groups of CBCT and IBCT with control group (P<0.05). The results showed that CBCT is more effective on the mutually constructive pattern; while the IBCT group had a higher effect on the avoidance and expectation/withdrawal pattern (P=0.001).Conclusion: According to the findings of the present study, as infidelity in a couple’s relationship is a multi-causal and combined issue, using these two approaches is suggested to be used in order to investigate infidelity more comprehensively.

Considering that violence is a global issue that affects all family members and somehow affects family functioning, it is important to focus on effective therapeutic strategies that can be applied not only to the family but also to the community Also help, focused. The purpose of this study was to determine The Effectiveness of Domestic violence– focused couple therapy on violence against women: intervention in maladjusted couples' relationship living in Ahvaz. The research community includes all couples are referred to private and public counseling centers in Ahwaz in 1397. The sample consisted of 4 couples (8) of the persons referred to these centers have been fitted with regard to violence against women questionnaire Haj Yahya), the scale of adjustment test and the confession to physical violence to enter the course of treatment. Sampling method in this research, a purposeful sampling was used. A single-case experimental design of a non-concurrent multiple baseline designs was used. The treatment protocol was applied to the two phases of the 18 sessions of intervention and the 5 stages of the baseline and the first follow-up of 45 days and the second follow-up of 3 months for all participants. The subjects were evaluated before and after the treatment, at section 4, 8, 12, 14, 18 treatment and follow up of 45 days and 3 months the questionnaires were analyzed. Data were analyzed using visual inspection, the improvement percentage formula and the reliable change index (RCI) strategies Subjects scored with total recovery (55. 54) at the end of treatment and overall improvement (56. 88) and significant level (P <0. 01). At the end of the follow-up, the results showed that: the domestic violence couple therapy has been effective in reducing violence against women.

The purpose of this research is to determine the effectiveness of combined behavioral couple therapy and Gutman couple therapy on the quality of marital relationships and marital intimacy of conflicted couples. In this research, a single-case experimental design of the asynchronous multiple baseline type was used. The statistical population included couples who referred to the Shamim counseling center in 2019. The sample consisted of 6 couples who were selected by non-random sampling method and according to the results of marital relationship quality questionnaire (Fletcher et al., 2000), who were then classified as conflicting couples and randomly divided into two alternative groups. The participants answered questionnaires of marital intimacy (Elson, Shafer, 1981) and quality of marital relationship in pretest, post-test and follow-up stages, which was implemented using Gutman's (Gutman, 2017) and integrated behavioral (Pour Sardar, 2018) protocols in two to four stages of baseline, 14 and 16-session intervention and two-month follow-up. The data were analyzed by visual drawing method, stable change index and recovery percentage. Findingsshowed the effectiveness of the Gutman method compared to the combined behavioral method in terms of the size of change, generality and stability, comprehensiveness and stability, and the level of recovery of conflicting couples in the Gutman and combined behavioral period The stages after treatment and follow-up in quality variables were marital relationship (49/53), (43/68), maritalintimacy (39/65), (38/56).