Milaki E, Khorramabadi R, Dehghani M.
(2026). The feasibility study of the group educational protocol for preventing marital infidelity and increasing marital commitment on emotional intimacy and attitudes toward marital infidelity in conflicted couples. Rooyesh. 15(4), 13-24.
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1- MA in General Psychology, Department of Psychology, Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Iran.
2- Assistant Professor. Department of Psychology, Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Iran. rkhorramabadi@pgu.ac.ir , rkhorramabadi@pgu.ac.ir
3- Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Iran.
Abstract: (36 Views)
The present study aimed to assess the feasibility of a group educational protocol for preventing marital infidelity and increasing marital commitment, emotional intimacy, and attitudes towards marital infidelity in conflicted couples. The present study was a semi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test design and a control group with a two-month follow-up period. The statistical population of this study included conflicting couples referring to the state welfare counseling center in Bushehr since 2025-26. 32 people (16 couples) were selected through purposive sampling and randomly assigned to two experimental (8 couples) and control (8 couples) groups. The Personal Assessing Intimacy (PAI; Schaefer & Olson, 1981) and Attitudes Toward Infidelity Scale (ATIS; Whatley, 2008) were used to collect data. Couples in the experimental group underwent intervention as a group for 10 sessions. Data analysis was performed using repeated measures analysis of variance. The findings showed that there was a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test of emotional intimacy and attitude towards marital infidelity in the experimental and control groups (P<0.05); however, there was no significant difference between the post-test and follow-up mean in the experimental group, and the results were maintained in the follow-up period (P<0.05). Overall, it can be concluded that the educational protocol for preventing marital infidelity and increasing marital commitment had an effective role in emotional intimacy and attitude towards marital infidelity in conflicted couples.
Type of Article:
Research |
Subject:
Family Psychology Received: 2026/05/13 | Accepted: 2026/05/22 | ePublished: 2026/07/1