cognitive-behavioral couple therapy

The purpose of this study was to comparison the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral couple therapy and couple emotional focused therapy on covert relational aggression in couples with marital conflicts. The method of this quasi -experimental study with pre-test and post-test design was unequal with the control group. The statistical population was all couples with marital conflicts who referred to counseling centers in district 1 of Tehran cityin year summer of year 2024. In first 45 couples with a score of 115 and above on the marital conflict questionnaire was selected and then randomly divided into 2 experimental groups (each group 15 couples) and one control (15 couples) were replaced and experimental groups underwent cognitive-behavioral couple therapy (12 sessions of 90 minutes) and couple emotional focused therapy (12 sessions of 90 minutes), but the control group received no therapy and remained in the waiting list. To collect data marital conflict questionnaire (MCQ) of Sanaee Zaker and et al (2008) and couples relational aggression and victimization scale (CRAViS) of Nelson and Carroll (2006). Data analysis was performed using SPSS-28 with analysis of variance with repeated measures and Bonferroni. The results of the study showed that of both interventions had a significant effect on covert relational aggression in couples with marital conflicts (P<0.05). In addition, the results of Bonferroni post hoc test showed that couple emotional focused therapy is more effective than cognitive-behavioral couple therapy (P<0.05). It can be concluded that that, in addition effectiveness of both therapy, the priority of use in the therapy of couples with marital conflicts is with the couple emotion-focused therapy.

The present study was conducted to compare the impact of acceptance and commitment-based couple therapy and cognitive-behavioral couple therapy on reducing violence and marital attribution styles of couples seeking divorce.This semi-experimental research is of an experimental type with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The statistical sample consisted of 60 couples applying for divorce in Yasuj city in the first quarter of 2012, who were selected by purposive sampling and randomly assigned to three groups of 20 people, cognitive behavioral couple therapy group, acceptance and commitment based couple therapy group, The control group (10 couples in each group) were included. Before and after the implementation of the interventions, the subjects responded to the Spouse Abuse Questionnaire and the Matrimonial Attitude Context Finding Scale. The results of covariance analysis showed that there is a significant difference between the average scores of subjects in the components of emotional violence and physical violence and marital documents in the experimental groups of cognitive behavioral couple therapy and acceptance and commitment-based couple therapy with the control group (P<0.05). ). Post Bonferroni test also showed that there is no significant difference between the two groups of cognitive behavioral couple therapy and couple therapy based on acceptance and commitment. Both interventions of couple therapy based on acceptance and commitment and cognitive-behavioral couple therapy are effective in reducing violence and improving marital documents of couples applying for divorce, and each of the interventions can be used separately or combined.

Educational interventions aimed at the treatment and healing of all types of relationships have in most cases led to the individual and interpersonal vitality of couples. For this reason, the present study was conducted with the aim of the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy on the intimacy and cognitive emotional regulation of young couples in Qazvin city.

The current research method is quasi-experimental with a pre-test and post-test design along with a control group. The statistical population in the present study included young couples referring to one of the counseling and psychology centers of Qazvin province, of which 32 people (16 experimental people and 16 control people) (consisting of 8 couples) were selected non-randomly with entry and exit criteria, were chosen. The research tools included Bagarozi's Intimacy Questionnaire and Garnevsky's Emotional Regulation Questionnaire. Data analysis was done through parametric analysis of covariance using Spss22 statistical software.

The components of social-recreational intimacy and physical intimacy, the effect of cognitive behavioral couple therapy on other components of marital intimacy is significant at the 0.01 level.

The results showed that the post-test scores compared to the pre-test scores in the variable of marital intimacy and its dimensions as well as the variable of cognitive regulation of negative emotions and cognitive regulation of positive emotions had a significant difference, which indicates the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy on intimacy and regulation. He had an emotional recognition of the couple.

Marital relationships play an important role in the health and strength of the family. Cognitive behavioral couple therapy can be effective in improving marital satisfaction by modifying cognitive and behavioral patterns. This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral couple therapy on sexual desire and entitlement in women.

This is a semi-experimental research of pre-test-post-test type with a control group and a 1-month follow-up. The statistical population of the research was all married women aged 19 to 42 who referred to Shahr Karaj counseling centers in the first 6 months of 1401. For sampling, 30 people from the community group who referred for marital problems were selected using the available method and were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The experimental group underwent 8 1-hour sessions of cognitive behavioral couple therapy, but the They did not receive an intervention control. Data collection was done using Halbert's Sexual Desire Questionnaire and Sexual Entitlement Questionnaire. The data were analyzed using the mixed variance analysis method.

The results showed that there is a significant difference in terms of sexual desire and sexual entitlement in the studied groups in the post-test stage; So that cognitive-behavioral couple therapy has been able to significantly increase the scores of sexual desire and sexual entitlement in the experimental group (p<0.001). In addition, the effects of the treatment were more stable according to the follow-up period in all indicators of sexual desire and entitlement.

Based on the results of this study, cognitive behavioral couple therapy can be effective in increasing sexual desire and sexual rights.

The purpose of this study was to comparing effectiveness of emotion-focused couple therapy and cognitive behavioral couple therapy on decrease of marital burnout and depression of couples. This semi-experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design with control group and follow-up 2 month. The statistical population of this research was all the couples who referred to counseling centers and psychological services in Kermanshah city in 1400. In the first stage, using convenience sampling method, 45 couples (90 people) were selected and then randomly divided into 2 groups (each group 15 couples to 60 people) and one contorl group (15 couples to 30 people) were replaced and experimental group underwent emotion-focused couple therapy (10 sessions 90 minutes) and group cognitive behavioral couple therapy (10 sessions 90 minutes), but the control group received no training and remained in the waiting list. To collect data marital burnout questionnaire of Pines (2003) and depression inventory (BDI-II) of Beck and et al (1996). 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 on decrease of marital burnout and depression of couples (P<0.05). In addition, the results of Bonferroni post hoc test showed that emotion-focused couple therapy is more effective in decrease of marital burnout and depression (P<0.05). Based on the results of the present study,

The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of two methods of cognitive-behavioral couple therapy and transactional analysis on cognitive emotion regulation strategies of incompatible couples. This research is an experimental design of pre-test and post-test with control group. Based on this, 60 couples were selected by purposeful sampling method and 20 people were randomly divided into three groups of cognitive-behavioral couple therapy, Transactional analysis and control group. The subjects completed the Marital Adjustment and the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies Questionnaire before and after the intervention and they were trained for 10 two-hour sessions. Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 21 and descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential (analysis of covariance and variance). The results showed that cognitive-behavioral couple therapy and transactional analysis had a positive effect on improving cognitive emotion regulation strategies of Incompatible couples (p <0.05) and cognitive-behavioral couple therapy was more effective.

The current study compared the ffectiveness of schema-based couple therapy and cognitive behavioral couple therapy on the main maladaptive schemas of Kermanshah divorce seeking women. The current study had a semi-experimental with pre-test-post-test design and control group. The statistical population consists of Kermanshah city residents who visited counseling services in the second half of 1400 and were divorcing. 45 individuals who voluntarily signed up to take part in this course were chosen at random and divided into two experimental and control groups depending on the requirements for entering and leaving the study. The research instrument featured Young's Primary Maladaptive Schemas Questionnaire (YSQ-SF). The interventions of the two groups were carried out in groups for 8 sessions of 90 minutes and twice a week. Data were analyzed with SPSS-26 software and statistical tests of univariate analysis of covariance and Benferoni post hoc test with a probability value of 0.05. The results showed that schema-based couple therapy and cognitive-behavioral couple therapy were significantly effective on the initial incompatible schemas of women applying for divorce compared to the control group (P<0.05). Also, no significant difference was observed between the two treatments (P=1). According to the research results, it can be said that these treatment methods can be used in counseling and family psychotherapy environments.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Couple Therapy on depression, anxiety and stress in patients with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). This study was a quasi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test design with control group.The statistical population of the study consisted of all patients of Shahid Madani Hospital in Tabriz who underwent coronary artery bypass surgery between August 6, 2019 to August 5, 2020, from which 30 patients were selected by purposive sampling method and were assigned into two groups: experimental (15 couples) and control (15 couples).Couples in the experimental group were exposed to cognitive-behavioral couple therapy intervention for 10 sessions once a week for 90 minute each time; While the control group couples did not receive this intervention.The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) was used to collect data. Subjects of both groups answered the research questionnaire in the pre-test and post-test stages.Analysis of covariance (Ancova) was used for statistical analysis of data using SPSS software.Findings showed that cognitive-behavioral couple therapy improves the symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress in patients with coronary artery bypass grafting (P = 0.001).Cognitive-behavioral Couple Therapy can be effective in improving couples' relationships and increasing their emotional support and treating patients' psychological disorders by making changes in couples' cognitions and behaviors using various techniques and teaching effective skills.

Absence of intimacy and low level of differentiation of couples can be one of the reasons of divorce among couples. Although the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral couple therapy has been confirmed on different variables, no research has been performed on its effectiveness on the levels of differentiation, studied population, and comparison of this treatment with systemic-behavioral treatment.

This study was performed to compare the effectiveness of systemic-behavioral and cognitive-behavioral couple therapy and self-differentiation of couples who have martial conflicts.

The present research was a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design and two-month follow-up with control group. The statistical population consisted of couples referring to two healthcare centers of district 4 of Tehran because of marital conflicts in 2019-2020. From among the clients of these two centers, after completing the questionnaire of marital conflict (Sanaei, 2008), 27 couples (n=54) were chosen and after matching, they were assigned into three groups (two experimental and one control). The research instruments included the Thompson and Walker's Marital Intimacy Scale (1983), Skowron and Friedlander self-differentiation questionnaire (1998). One of the experimental groups received systemic-behavioral couple therapy of Crow and Ridley (2005), while the other group received cognitive-behavioral couple therapy protocol of Dattilio (2009) as couple in ten 90-min sessions. Data analysis was performed using mixed variance analysis and Bonferroni post-hoc test using SPSS-21.

The results showed that both couple therapy methods significantly improved the intimacy and self-differentiation of the couples with marital conflict. There was no significant difference between the effectiveness of these treatment models (p<0.05).

Based on the results of this study, application of these two approaches is recommended for improving intimacy and differentiation among couples with marital conflicts

In recent decades, various studies have investigated the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral couple therapy approach on improving various variables such as depression, infidelity, conflict, boredom, dissatisfaction and resilience of couples. Many of these studies have reported significant changes compared to the control group, but their exact impact is unclear and requires the integration of these studies. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to determine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral couple therapy on reducing marital problems. This study uses meta-analysis method to integrate the results of different researches to determine the effect of cognitive-behavioral couple therapy. 16 researches that were methodologically feasible were selected and meta-analysis was performed on them. Data search sources were internal scientific databases. It was the University Jihad Scientific Database (SID), Noor Magazines (Noormags), Iran Magiran Database, the Comprehensive Humanities Portal (ensani.ir) and the Islamic World Citation Database (ISC). Data analysis was performed using SPSS16 software and the effect size was calculated using CMA2 software and g index. The findings of this meta-analysis showed that the magnitude of the effect of cognitive-behavioral couple therapy on reducing couples' problems for the couple intervention method is 1.57, the magnitude of the effect of individual intervention is 1.23 and the magnitude of the overall effect is 1.37mated. It seems that the cognitive-behavioral couple therapy approach is effective in reducing marital problems and can be used in counseling centers. The estimated estimates of the effect size in each study can be real and beyond the coincidence, which means that there is a significant difference in the size of the effects observed in the studies reviewed in this meta-analysis.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral couple therapy on on Improving social well-being in couples with marital conflict. This study was a quasi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test with control group. The statistical population of this study included 160 couples with marital conflict referring to 4 counseling and psychology clinic in Tehran in 2018. The sample in this study was 32 couples with marital conflict referring to 4 counseling and psychology clinic in 2018 who were selected by cluster sampling and were divided into two experimental and control groups (16 couples for each group). Dyadic Adjustment Scale (Spanier, 1976) and social well-being (Keyes, 1998) questionnaire were used for data collection. Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) was used for data analysis using SPSS-22 software. The results showed that cognitive-behavioral couple therapy had a significant effect on social integration, social coherence, social contribution, Social actualization and social acceptance (P <0.001). Based on these results, it can be said that cognitive-behavioral couple therapy, focusing on negative cognitions and their modification, leads to emotional and behavioral changes, which also affects their social well-being.

It is important to use appropriate interventions to reduce negative effects of marital Infidelity. Therefore, the aim of this study was to comparison of the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral couple therapy and acceptance and commitment couple therapy on marital burnout and post-traumatic stress in women affected by infidelity. The statistical population of the study consisted of all women affected by infidelity in the west region of Tehran in 2019. Forty-five women selected by purposeful sampling and then randomly assigned to one of the three groups, including the cognitive-behavioral couple therapy group, the acceptance and commitment couple therapy's group, and the control group. Participants in the cognitive-behavioral couple therapy group as well as the acceptance and commitment therapy group received 12 90-minutes weekly sessions of therapy, while the control group received no intervention. All participants completed the marital burnout (Pines, 1996) and the post-traumatic stress questionnaires (Foa, Riggs, Dancu, & Rothbaum, 1993) at pre/post intervention. Data were analyzed using covariance analysis. The results was show that both cognitive-behavioral couple therapy and acceptance and commitment couple therapy had a significant effect on physical burnout (P= 0.002; F=7.64), emotional burnout (P= 0.001; F=19.07), mental burnout (P= 0.001; F=16.42), and post-traumatic stress (P= 0.001; F=65.72). Also, the results of Bonferroni post hoc test showed that there was no significant difference between the two groups in marital burnout (p>0.05), while, in terms of post-traumatic stress, the difference between the two groups was significant and the results were in favor of the acceptance and commitment couple therapy (p < 0.05). According to the results, it can say that cognitive-behavioral couple therapy, and acceptance and commitment couple therapy are effective on marital burnout and post-traumatic stress in women affected by marital infidelity. Therefore, we recommended that family psychological counseling specialists use these couple therapy methods to reduce the effects of marital infidelity.

The purpose of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral couple therapy (CBCT) and acceptance and commitment couple therapy on conflicting couple’s marital intimacy in the city of Isfahan. A semi-experimental design with pretest, posttest and control group was used. The statistical population included all conflicting couples referring to consultation centers in the city of Isfahan. The sampling method was in voluntary form. 90 individuals (couples) were put into three groups of cognitive-behavioral couple therapy (30 individuals), acceptance and commitment couple therapy (30 individuals) and the control group (30 individuals). Both two experimental groups received 12 ninety-minute sessions of therapy once a week. The study instrument was Oliya’ et.al.’s (2009) questionnaire of couples’ intimacy. covariance analysis method was used to analyze the data via SPSS software. The results revealed that cognitive-behavioral couple therapy and acceptance and commitment couple therapy made significant changes in the marital intimacy at the posttest stage (P0.05). According to the results of the study, cognitive-behavioral couple therapy and acceptance and commitment couple therapy made significant changes in marital intimacy and there was no significant difference between the effectiveness of these two therapeutic methods. The results of this study provide experimental support for both therapies in order to increase marital intimacy.