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Alimohammadi S, Mohammadi Frud H. The Effectiveness of Couple Therapy Based on Guttman's Model on Emotional Distress and Quality of Marital Relationships in Betrayed Women. RBS 2024; 21 (4) :624-636
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1- Department of Clinical Psychology, Garmsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Garmsar, Iran 2. (Corresponding author) Assistant Professor, Department of psychology, Roudehen branch, Islamic
2- Department of psychology, Roudehen branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran , dr.mohammadiforod@gmail.com
2- Department of psychology, Roudehen branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran , dr.mohammadiforod@gmail.com
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Aim and Background: Emotions regulation and improving relationships, especially the quality of marital relationships in couples, is of interest to many researchers, in this regard, various psychological approaches have been used to achieve this problem; The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of couple therapy based on Guttman's model on emotional turmoil and quality of marital relationships in women who have experienced infidelity.
Methods and Materials: The research method was semi-experimental with pre-test, post-test design with control group. The statistical population of the research was made up of women who referred to counseling clinics in the second district of Tehran in 1402 with family problems. The purposeful sampling method was based on entry and exit criteria, and 30 people were selected and divided into two control groups (15 people) and experimental (15 people) by simple random. The research tools were emotional disturbance questionnaire by Simmons and Gaher (2005), marital quality questionnaire by Busby, Curran, Larsen, and Christensen in 1995. Analysis of covariance test was used to analyze the research data. All statistical operations of the research were considered using SPSS version 25 software with a significance level of P<0.05.
Findings: The results of the research showed that after controlling for the effect of the pre-test, the difference between the pre-test and post-test scores of the two groups was significant for the variable of emotional disturbance and the quality of marital relations, and the mean scores of the experimental group in the variable of emotional disturbance were significantly lower than the control group (0.5 Also, the average scores of the experimental group in the quality of marital relations variable are significantly higher than the control group (P<0.05).
Conclusions: According to the results of the research, it can be said that couple therapy based on Guttman's model is effective in reducing emotional turmoil and increasing the quality of marital relationships of betrayed women.
Methods and Materials: The research method was semi-experimental with pre-test, post-test design with control group. The statistical population of the research was made up of women who referred to counseling clinics in the second district of Tehran in 1402 with family problems. The purposeful sampling method was based on entry and exit criteria, and 30 people were selected and divided into two control groups (15 people) and experimental (15 people) by simple random. The research tools were emotional disturbance questionnaire by Simmons and Gaher (2005), marital quality questionnaire by Busby, Curran, Larsen, and Christensen in 1995. Analysis of covariance test was used to analyze the research data. All statistical operations of the research were considered using SPSS version 25 software with a significance level of P<0.05.
Findings: The results of the research showed that after controlling for the effect of the pre-test, the difference between the pre-test and post-test scores of the two groups was significant for the variable of emotional disturbance and the quality of marital relations, and the mean scores of the experimental group in the variable of emotional disturbance were significantly lower than the control group (0.5 Also, the average scores of the experimental group in the quality of marital relations variable are significantly higher than the control group (P<0.05).
Conclusions: According to the results of the research, it can be said that couple therapy based on Guttman's model is effective in reducing emotional turmoil and increasing the quality of marital relationships of betrayed women.
Keywords: Couple Therapy Based On The Guttman Model, Emotional Turmoil, Marital Relationship Quality, Betrayed Women
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Received: 2024/01/15 | Accepted: 2024/02/19 | Published: 2024/01/30
Received: 2024/01/15 | Accepted: 2024/02/19 | Published: 2024/01/30
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