The Effect of Emotion-Oriented Couple Therapy on Forgiveness, Emotional Self-Regulation and Marital Boredom of Couples Seeking Divorce Referring to Family Social Emergencies

The aim of this study was to compare the effect of emotion-oriented couple therapy on forgiveness, emotional self-regulation and marital boredom of couples seeking divorce referring to family social emergencies.

Due to the nature of the subject and the objectives of the research, this research was conducted in a quasi-experimental manner with a pre-test-post-test design into an experimental group (emotion-based couple therapy) and a control group. The population of the present study consisted of all couples referring to Tehran family social emergencies. The sampling method was purposeful and taking into account the inclusion criteria. Thirty couples were divided into two groups. The first group underwent emotion-based couple therapy and the second group was a witness. The research instruments included the Interpersonal Forgiveness Scale (IFI-25), the Grenfsky et al. Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (2001) and the Pineas Marital Boredom Scale (1996).

The results showed that emotion-oriented couple therapy has a positive effect on marital boredom of couples seeking divorce referring to family social emergencies.

The results showed that emotion-oriented couple therapy has a positive effect on forgiveness, emotional self-regulation and boredom of couples seeking divorce referring to family social emergencies.