The effectiveness of systemic-constructivist couple therapy (scct) on marital satisfaction and intimacy in older women-younger men marriages
Many studies have been conducted on marital satisfaction and intimacy of couples, but research on the effectiveness of systemic-constructivist couple therapy on intimacy and marital satisfaction, especially in Older women-younger men couples, has been neglected.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Systemic-Constructivist Couple Therapy (SCCT) on Marital Satisfaction and Intimacy in Older women-younger men marriages.
This was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test, post-test design, and follow-up with an experimental group and a control group. The population of this study consisted of all couples in older women-younger men marriages in Shiraz in 2019. Using the convenience sampling method, 30 couples were selected and randomly divided into experimental and control groups. In the pre-test stage, the short form of Enrich Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire (olson, 1998) and the couple intimacy (oulia, 2006) were given to both groups and then the systemic-constructivist couple therapy approach in 9 sessions per week Two hours, were performed for the experimental group. In order to analyze the data, repeated measures analysis of variance was used.
The results of data analysis showed that systemic-constructive couple therapy on marital satisfaction and dimensions of emotional, intellectual, psychological, socio-recreational, communication, and general intimacy, had a significant effect (P> 0.05), while these interventions did not have a significant effect on physical, spiritual, and sexual intimacy.
From the obtained results, it can be concluded that systemic-constructivist couple therapy can be used to improve marital satisfaction and intimacy of couples.
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