an investigation of effectiveness of the emotionally focused couple therapy on increasing marital intimacy in couples entered at counseling centers in tehran

abstract the aim of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotionally focused couple therapy in increasing marital intimacy. the research procedure was quasi experimental using mixed subjects design (3*2). the statistical population were couples who entered one of the counseling centers because of intimacy problems and marital conflict . sample group consisted of 32 subjects (16 couples) that were selected by convenience random sampling method and randomly allocated into experimental and control groups. the measurement tool was the intimacy questionnaire. the experimental group participated in 12 sessions of emotionally focused couple therapy. to examine the research hypothesis, statistical analysis of variance test with repeated measures was used. the results indicated emotionally focused couple therapy increased couples’s (emotional,intellectual, sexual, physical, relational, social, recreational, psychological, spiritual and general) intimacy.