An Investigation on the Effects of Differentiation training on Levels of Intimacy and Differentiation of couples

This research aimed to investigate the effects of differentiation training on the levels of intimacy anddifferentiation of couples. A sample of 20 coupleswas randomly selectedand assigned to control and experimental groups. The level of intimacy and the level of differentiation of the couples were measured by differentiation and intimacy questionnaires before and after the treatment. Then, couples of the expereimental group attended 10 differentiation training sessions of 1.5 hour. These sessionswere held twice a week. Control group received no treatment. The datacollected wasanalyzedusing descriptive statistics and multi variance analysis. The results showed that differentiation trainingincrease the level of intimacy and differentiation as well as its componens (subscales).