Zarifmanesh Z, Jafari A, Vakili S, Ghamari M. (2024). The Effectiveness of Emotion Focused Therapy on Object Relations and Marital Relationship Quality in Men and Women with Remarriage.
Rooyesh.
13(4), 115-124.
URL:
http://frooyesh.ir/article-1-5008-en.html
1- PhD student of Counseling, Sciences and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2- Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran. , a.jafari@kashanu.ac.ir
3- Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling, Sciences and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
4- Professor, Department of Counseling, Sciences and research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract: (577 Views)
The purpose of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy on object relations and marital relationship quality in men and women with remarriage. the methodology was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest and control with follow-up. The statistical population included men and women with remarriage referring to the counseling center of Behzei in Tehran in 2022. Through purposeful sampling, 30 participants who met the inclusion criteria were selected and randomly assigned to two groups of EFT or control (n1=n2=15(. research tools were the questionnaires of Bell & et al, 's object relations (BORI) and Busby & et al, 's marital relationship quality (RDAS), which were administered in three stages for two groups and EFT to the experimental group during ten weekly, 90-minute sessions and data were analyzed using mixed model repeated measures analysis variance. Results showed that EFT effect on decreasing object relations and increasing marital relationship quality and this effect remained stable in follow-up (P<0.001). Therefore, EFT can decrease object relations in men and women with remarriage and increase their marital relationship quality.
Type of Article:
Research |
Subject:
counseling Received: 2023/12/7 | Accepted: 2023/12/29 | ePublished: 2024/06/30