Comparing the Effectiveness of Emotion-Focused Couple Therapy and Object Relations Couple Therapy on Emotional Expressiveness and Action Flexibility of Women Affected by Marital Infidelity

Soltani, Zinat; Sodani, Mansour; Shahbazi, Masoud

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Soltani Z, Sodani M, Shahbazi M. (2026). Comparing the Effectiveness of Emotion-Focused Couple Therapy and Object Relations Couple Therapy on Emotional Expressiveness and Action Flexibility of Women Affected by Marital Infidelity. Rooyesh. 15(6), 225-234.
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Comparing the Effectiveness of Emotion-Focused Couple Therapy and Object Relations Couple Therapy on Emotional Expressiveness and Action Flexibility of Women Affected by Marital Infidelity

Zinat Soltani¹

, Mansour Sodani ^*²

, Masoud Shahbazi³

1- Department of Counseling, Bo.C., Islamic Azad University, Borujerd, Iran.
2- Department of Counseling, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran. sodani_m@scu.ac.ir , sodani_m@scu.ac.ir
3- Department of Counseling, MaS.C., Islamic Azad University, Masjed Soleiman, Iran.

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The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of emotionally focused couple therapy and object relations couple therapy on emotional expressiveness and action flexibility among women affected by marital infidelity. The study employed a quasi-experimental design with a pretest-posttest control group and a two-month follow-up period. The statistical population consisted of women affected by infidelity who referred to counseling and psychological centers in northern Tehran in 2024. A total of 60 participants were selected through purposive sampling and randomly assigned to two experimental groups and one control group (n=20). Participants in the experimental groups received eight intervention sessions. Research instruments included the Emotional Expressiveness Questionnaire (EEQ, 1990) and the Cognitive Flexibility Inventory (CFI, 2010). Data were analyzed using mixed-design analysis of variance. The results showed that there was a significant difference between the pre-test scores of emotional expressiveness and functional flexibility and the post-test and follow-up scores (P<0.05). The results also indicated that there was a significant difference between the two treatments over time (P<0.05), indicating that emotion-focused couple therapy was more effective than object-relations-based couple therapy in emotional expressiveness. Accordingly, both emotion-focused and object-relations-based couple therapy approaches were effective in improving emotional expressiveness and functional flexibility in women affected by marital infidelity; however, emotion-focused couple therapy was more effective for emotional expressiveness.

Keywords: Emotion-Focused Couple Therapy, Object Relations Couple Therapy, Emotional Expressiveness, Action Flexibility, Marital Infidelity.

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Type of Article: Research | Subject: Family Psychology
Received: 2026/05/28 | Accepted: 2026/07/29 | ePublished: 2026/09/1