Effectiveness of Meta Cognitive Interpersonal Therapy on Improving Dysfunctional Communication Patterns Couples and Increase of Marital Adjustment

One of the common problems between couples is the dysfunctional communication patterns, it can cause conflicts between couples, and since negative thoughts and beliefs are the main cause of these problems so the aim of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of meta-cognitive interpersonal therapy on improving dysfunctional communication patterns couples and increase of marital adjustment. This is a pre-test/post-test based on a quasi-experimental study with control and experimental groups.  The statistical population of this research includes all the couples of Isfahan city in years 2019 who referred to the Consultation Center of Moj in Isfahan for decreasing of marital problems.  Among them, 16 couples were selected by the available sampling method. They were randomly placed into two groups experimental (8 couples) and control (8 couples). Communication Patterns Questionnaire )Christensen & Sulloway 1984) and Dyadic Marital Adjustment Scale (Spanier 1979) as an instrument applied in pre-test and post-test.  The experimental group received 8 sessions of 120 minutes of training related to Meta-Cognitive Interpersonal Therapy. Covariance Analysis was used for analyzing data in SPSS23 software. The results showed that meta-cognitive interpersonal therapy resulted in improvement of communication patterns and an increase in marital adjustment.  Based on the findings of this study, it is suggested to use interpersonal metacognitive therapy to improve communication patterns and increase marital adjustment.