The comparison of effectiveness of emotion-focused couple therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy on attachment behavior in marital relationships among women with marital conflicts

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1 PhD student, Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Yasooj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yasooj, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Yasooj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yasooj, Iran.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare of effectiveness of emotion-focused couple therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy on attachment behavior among women with marital conflicts. This semi-experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design and follow-up 2 months. In this research, the statistical population was all women were referred to counseling centers in Tehran city in the year 2022. In this study, 45 people were randomly selected in a multi-stage cluster type and then divided into two experimental groups (N=15 in each group) and control group (N=15) were replaced and experimental groups underwent emotion-focused couple therapy (10 sessions 90 minutes) and acceptance and commitment therapy (10 sessions 90 minutes). To collect data accessibility, responsiveness and empathy scale (BARES) of Sandberg and et al (2012 )and marital conflict questionnaire (MCQ) of of Sanaizakir and et al (2008). Analysis of variance with repeated measures with SPSS software was used for data analysis. The results showed that both interventions had a significant effect on attachment behavior among women with marital conflicts (P<0.05). In addition, results the Bonferroni post hoc test showed that emotion-focused therapy is more effective in attachment behavior and that this effect is long-lasting (P<0.05).

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Journal of Applied Psychological Research

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 03 November 2024

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  • Receive Date: 19 June 2023
  • Revise Date: 11 September 2023
  • Accept Date: 19 September 2023
  • First Publish Date: 03 November 2024
  • Publish Date: 03 November 2024

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