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Abstract Aim and Background: This research was administered with the aim of investigating the effect of self regulation brief couple therapy on psychological capital components (self efficacy, hope, resiliency and optimism), on the basis of positive psychology, among maladaptive spouses. Methods and Materials: Research method was semi-experiment with pretest-posttest design and statistical population was the maladaptive spouses who referred to a psychological counseling centre, in Esfahan city, in autumn. Among them, 40 spouses (80 persons) were selected using accessible sampling, and then randomly assigned to two groups of experiment and control (each group 20 spouses). Self regulation brief couple therapy was presented to experimental group spouses in eight sessions. Research instruments were psychological capital questionnaires (Mac Gee, 2011) and data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA). Findings: Results revealed that training of self regulation brief couple therapy have significant effect on self efficacy (p<29.23, F= 0.01), hope (p<23.53, F= 0.01), resiliency (p<19.33, F= 0.01), and optimism (p<28.69, F= 0.01) of maladaptive spouses. Conclusions: Findings of current research support the effect of self regulation brief couple therapy in enhancing of psychological capital components of maladaptive spouses.

Keywords: Couple Therapy, Self Regulation, Marital Satisfaction, Maladaptive Spouses&, nbsp

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