Comparison of schema therapy and narrative therapy when combined each of them with marital enrichment program on marital infidelity tendency and marital satisfaction

Marital infidelity is a source of intense distress for personal and interpersonal couples life and destroyer their relationships. Aim of this research was the comparison of efficacy of schema therapy and narrative therapy combined with marital enrichment program on infidelity tendency and marital satisfaction. This research is quasi-experimental field research with pre-posttest and control group with one-month followup. Statistical universe included 34 women referring to Farhang Clinic of Shahryar in the 2016 with extramarital affairs, and statistical sample conveniently selected of 18 volunteer women which randomly assigned to six-member groups of schema­ therapy combined with marital enrichment, narrative therapy combined with marital enrichment and a control group. Polat infidelity tendency questionnaire 2006, ENRICH marital satisfaction scale 1989, and Young schemas questionnaire 1990 were used to collect data. Results of Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney showed that schema therapy combined with marital enrichment reduced marital infidelity (Mann-Whitnney=0.00, Z=-2/882,P