The Effectiveness of Consolidated Couple Therapy on couples' marital forgiveness

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Consolidated Couple Therapy on marital forgiveness of couples. The present study was a semi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test design with control group. The statistical population of this study was all couples who referred to Zanjan health centers in 1397. The sample consisted of 20 couples (40 people) selected by convenience sampling method and were randomly divided into two groups: experimental (10 couples) and control (10 couples). To investigate marital forgiveness, the "forgiveness" measure in the family (Pollard, 1998) was used. The couples in the experimental group received 8 combined paired therapy sessions, while the control group's couples did not receive any interventions. For analyzing the data, covariance analysis was performed using SPSS software. The results showed that in the post-test stage, the mean scores of couples' marital forgiveness in the experimental group were significantly increased compared to the control group (P <0.01). Therefore, Consolidated Couple Therapy is effective in improving couples' marital forgiveness.