Background and Objective: Infertility is known as an important stressor threatening the personal, marital, familial, and social stability in all cultures around the world. The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of emotionally focused couple therapy on marital commitment and couple burnout among infertile couples. Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conduc...

Introduction: Conflict in marital relationships is a common problem and extensive therapeutic interventions have been suggested to reduce them and increase marital adjustment. The purpose of this study was to the comparison of the effectiveness of schema mode therapy and emotionally focused couple therapy on marital adjustment in couples with marital conflict. Methods: This experimental study ...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of systemic-structurally oriented couple therapy and the teaching of the pluralistic family communication model on marital satisfaction in women with breast cancer. Method: This is a semi-experimental research with pretest-posttest design with control group. The statistical population included all women with breast cancer refer...

There are different therapy approaches used by family therapy researchers over the years to evaluate their reliability and effect in couples. Bernstein's approach of behavioral-communication is one of these approaches. Accordingly, the current research aimed to survey the effectiveness of behavioral-communication couple therapy in improving dimensions of marital adjustment among infertile coupl...

Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of acceptance and commitment therapy adopted for couples with integrative couple therapy in improving marital conflicts of couples with breast cancer. Methods: In this semi-experimental study, a pre-post design was used. Using available sampling, we approached 200 couples facing breast cancer referred to the educational and thera...

Introduction: Marital infidelity is a source of intense distress for personal and interpersonal couples life and destroyer their relationships. The purpose of this study was to effectiveness of narrative exposure therapy and emotion- focused couple therapy on loneliness and marital intimacy among women affected by marital infidelity. Method: This semi-experimental study was conducted with a pre...

Introduction: The aim of this study was to the effectiveness of emotion- focoused couple therapy on the emotional schemas of young couples. Methods: The research method was semi-experimental to pretest-posttest. The statistical population consisted of all young couples with adjustment problems who referred to psychological service and counseling centers in Tehran in the second half of 2019 (N=...