compering the effectiveness of face to face and virtual Cognitive-behavioral Couples Therapy on the Post-traumatic stress disorder in Extra-Marital Relations

Goal: this research has carried out with the aim of compering the effectiveness of face to face and virtual Cognitive-behavioral Couples Therapy on the Post-traumatic stress disorderin Extra-Marital Relations .
the method was a semi-experimental plan with Pretest and post test Implementation, among all the couples who were coping with Marital infidelity (Women betrayed) and visited counseling and Psychological clinic in Qazvin,36 couples who have the qualifications to participate in the curing sessions has been selected Accessibly and they divided into 3 groups with 12 members with the methods of random alternative (tow experimental group and one The control group). Subjects of the face to face and virtual Cognitive-behavioral Couples Therapy, each one have 12/1:30 hours sessions and The control group received no interruptions. Data collection tools, including post-traumatic stress disorder scale Mississippi. datas has been analyzed with the method of Multivariate analysis of variance.
Datas: the results indicates that among the couples in experimental and control groups in The dependent variable (clues of Post-traumatic stress) there is a meaningful difference. also results claim that, although both methods have their meaningful effect, the face to face method is much more successful.
the results can be used in Cognitive-behavioral intervention, in both face to face and virtual methods for couples who are coping with post-traumatic stress disorder caused by extramarital relationships