The effectiveness of self- compassion couple therapy on rumination of anger and marital intimacy women affected by infidelity

This study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of self-compassionate couple therapy on rumination of anger and marital intimacy in women affected by infidelity.

This research is quasi-experimental and the design used in it is experimental with pre-test-post-test with follow-up. The study population included all couples involved in marital infidelity who referred to Iranmehr Counseling and Psychological Services Center in Rasht in 2020. Among them, 20 couples (40 people) were selected as the sample by available sampling method Sakhodolovsky and Thompson and Walker marital intimacy questionnaires were used to collect data. Couples therapy sessions were performed for 8 sessions of 2 hours (each treatment was a two-hour session) and weekly. After three months of treatment sessions, couples participated in a follow-up session to assess the duration of treatment. Data were analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance.

The difference between pre-test and post-test means was statistically significant and Self-compassionate couple therapy has been shown to reduce anger rumination (F = 62.3 and P = 0.0001) and increase marital intimacy (F = 88.05 and P = 0.0001) in women affected by infidelity

Self-compassion couple therapy interventions reduce anger rumination and increase marital intimacy and using this therapeutic approach in counseling centers to help incompatible couples to improve and reduce marital problems, increase satisfaction, especially in couples affected by infidelity is very effective.