Comparison of the Effectiveness of Affective Reconstructive and Emotional-Focused Therapy in Marital Problems (Lack of Mutual Understanding, Insecurity and Pessimism, Marital Conflict) and Forgiveness in Women Who Filled for a Divorce

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Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Science, University of Mohaghegh Ardebili, Ardebil, Iran.

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The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of emotional reconstruction-based therapy and emotional-focused therapy on forgiveness and marriage problems in women who Filled for a divorce. The research method is applied in terms of purpose and semi-experimental research design is pre-test-post-test with a control group and follow-up stage. The statistical population included all women who filled for a divorce in Ardabil in 2021. From this population, 45 people were selected by purposive sampling and randomly divided into two experimental and control groups (15 people each). The research instruments included the Interpersonal Forgiveness Scale (IF-25) and the Marriage Problems Questionnaire (MPQ). Interventions included therapy sessions based on Affective reconstruction and emotional-focused therapy. Data analysis was performed using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) in SPSS software version 22. The results showed that both Affective reconstruction and emotional-focused therapy were effective in increasing forgiveness and reducing marriage problems in women who filled for a divorce. Therefore, due to the low rate of forgiveness and high marriage problems in women who filled for a divorce, affective reconstruction and emotional-focused therapies can be used to improve the rate of forgiveness and reduce marital problems.

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Journal of Applied Psychological Research

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