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Ghafaralahi E, Etemadi O, Yousefi Z, Abedi M, Torkan H. Comparison of the Effectiveness of Commitment-Building Counseling Package and Emotionally-Focused Couple Therapy on Marital Boredom and Forgiveness of Married women with virtual infidelity. RBS 2021; 19 (2) :342-357
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1- Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
2- Department of Counseling, faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran , o.etemadi@edu.ui.ac.ir
3- Clinical Psychology group, Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
4- Department of Counseling, faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
Abstract:   (1581 Views)
Aim and Background: Marital infidelity refers to any emotionally or sexual or virtual relationship beyond the framework of a committed relationship between two spouses, which is one of the most important factors threatening the performance, stability and continuity of married life. Therefore, the aim of this study was to Comparison of the effectiveness of Commitment-Building Counseling Package and Emotionally-Focused Couple Therapy on marital boredom and forgiveness of women with virtual infidelity.
Methods and Materials: Research method in terms of applied purpose and in terms of implementation method, quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test design of two experimental groups and one group
The witness was accompanied by a follow-up test. From the community of married women with the experience of virtual infidelity in Isfahan, 45 people were selected by the available method and were randomly divided into three groups using the method. Marital boredom questionnaire (Pins, 1996) and interpersonal forgiveness questionnaire (Ehteshamzadeh, 2009) were used. Research data were analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance and Bonferroni post hoc test.
Findings: The results of the analysis both commitment-making and emotionally-oriented couple therapy methods were effective in reducing marital boredom and forgiveness of women with virtual infidelity, and commitment-building Counseling package had a more significant effect (p<0.05).
Conclusions: According to the obtained results, it seems that the use of both commitment-making and emotion-oriented couple therapy methods to improve marital boredom and forgiveness of women with virtual infidelity experience has been effective and it is suggested to be used as therapeutic and educational approaches.
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2021/02/21 | Accepted: 2021/09/4 | Published: 2021/09/4

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