The effect of emotion-oriented couple therapy on resilience, emotional intelligence and emotional expression of couples covered by the welfare of Khorram Abad city

The health of the family depends on the psychological health of the couple. Having high degrees of resilience, emotional intelligence and emotional expressiveness of couples plays an important role in emotional interactions and cohesion of married life. Various treatments have been investigated to improve the level of resilience, emotional intelligence and emotional expressiveness, many of which have not been associated with positive results, and it is still one of the main problems of couples related to such issues. It is based on this, the aim of the present research was to investigate the effectiveness of emotional couple therapy on resilience, emotional intelligence, and emotional expression of couples covered by the welfare of Khorram Abad city.Research The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with an unequal control group, and the statistical population of this research was all couples covered by the welfare of Khorram Abad city, who referred to Khorram Abad welfare office during the years 1400-1401, and the sample It included 45 couples (30 couples for the experimental group and 15 couples for the control group), which were selected using available sampling method. Then, the members of the experimental group underwent emotion-oriented therapy for 10 sessions, and the control group did not receive any therapy. Research tools included resilience questionnaires by Conner and Davidson, emotional intelligence by Goleman (1998) and emotional expressiveness by King and Emmons. The emotion-oriented couple therapy protocol taken from Johnson's couple therapy book was also considered as a therapeutic intervention method. The type of statistical method of this research was multivariate covariance analysis. The findings showed that emotional couple therapy increases the resilience, emotional intelligence and emotional expressiveness of couples (p<0.05). The result is that emotion-oriented couple therapy is effective on couples' resilience, emotional intelligence, and emotional expressiveness, and as a suitable treatment method for improving marital relationships, especially issues based on emotions. It is recommended in psychotherapy and counseling centers, but the generalization of the results to other societies requires a more detailed and in-depth study.