Effectiveness of behavioral-systems couple therapy on psychological wellbeing of maladaptive couples in the city of Tehran.

Aim: The present study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of training integrative behavioral-systems couple therapy on psychological wellbeing of maladaptive couples.
The present study was applied in case of purpose and quasi-experimental with pretest, posttest and control group, follow-up design in case of method. The statistical population of the study included all the couples referred to Siavashan, AvayeMehr, Kamran consultation centers and specialized neuropsychological center in the city of Tehran in 2015.24 couples (48 people) of the clients of these centers were selected through available sampling method and they were randomly put into experimental and control groups in order to do the study. The research instrument included Riff’s (1967) 84-question psychological wellbeing questionnaire. Before administering training intervention, both group members were assessed through pretest and then 10 sessions of therapy design (once a week) were implemented. After finishing therapy sessions, posttest and two-month follow-up stages were administered. The collected data were analyzed via mixed ANOVA and Bonferroni follow-up test via SPSS 24 software.
Finding: The data analysis results showed that behavioral-systems couple therapy has led to the significant increase in the mean score of experimental group couples at posttest and follow-up stages (p Considering the lowness of maladaptive couples psychological wellbeing, according to the findings of the present study, behavioral-systems couple therapy can be employed to improve their psychological wellbeing.