The Comparison of Effectiveness between two Couple Therapies, CBCT and EFT on Marital Satisfaction in Infertile Male Factor Pairs

This study aimed to study the effectiveness of two couple therapies, Cognitive Behavioral Couple Therapy (CBCT) and Emotional Focused Couple Therapy (EFT), on marital satisfaction of infertile male factor pairs. The sample comprised 30 volunteer pairs selected from Kosar Infertility Clinic in 2007-2008, in which matched position replaced in two experimental groups and a control group. By applying "Enriching and Nurturing Relationship Issues, Communication and Happiness questionnaire (ENRICH)" and the "Mann-Whitney U test" the results showed that marital satisfaction in CBCT group had significant differences in comparison with the control group. The results also showed that the effect of two approaches on men and women were the same.