Comparison the Effectiveness of Schema Couple Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on Marital Intimacy in Couples Exposed to Divorce

Marital intimacy in divorcing couples is associated with shortcomings, based on this, this research aimed to compare the effectiveness of schema couple therapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on marital intimacy in Couples Exposed to divorce.

Methods and Materials: 

The method of the current research was quantitative and a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test, and post-test design and follow-up period. The statistical population of the research consisted of all the women facing divorce who refer to Avai counseling and psychology center in Paveh city in the year 1400, of which 45 people were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly in the group The schema couple therapy experiment, the mindfulness-based cognitive therapy experiment group, and the control group was replaced. Thomson and Volker's Marital Intimacy Questionnaire was used in data collection. Also, variance analysis with repeated measures has been used to analyze the data.

The results of data analysis showed that schema couple therapy had a significant effect on increasing marital intimacy (p<0.05), on the other hand, cognitive behavioral therapy based on mindfulness also improved marital intimacy. It has been significantly fruitful (p<0.05), also, no significant difference was observed between the two groups of schema couple therapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in the variable of marital intimacy.

The results of the present study showed that schema couple therapy and cognitive therapy based on mindfulness were effective in increasing the intimacy of women facing divorce. These two treatment approaches have the same result in improving marital intimacy in women facing divorce.