The effectiveness of group-based solution focused couple therapy on marital compatibility and intimacy and quality of life of women with husbands recovering from addiction

Sohrabi Azandariani, Samira; Mirshahi, Farzad

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Sohrabi Azandariani S, Mirshahi F. (2025). The effectiveness of group-based solution focused couple therapy on marital compatibility and intimacy and quality of life of women with husbands recovering from addiction. Rooyesh. 13(9), 231-240.
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The effectiveness of group-based solution focused couple therapy on marital compatibility and intimacy and quality of life of women with husbands recovering from addiction

Samira Sohrabi Azandariani¹

, Farzad Mirshahi ^*²

1- Master of Clinical Psychology, Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Hamadan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamadan, Iran.
2- PhD student in psychology, Shahid Madani University of Azerbaijan, Tabriz, Iran. , farzadmirshahi61@gmail.com

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The present study was conducted to examine group solution-focused couple therapy on the compatibility, intimacy, and quality of life of women with addicted spouses admitted to addiction treatment camps. The present study was a semi-experimental design with a pre-test and post-test design with the control group. The statistical population of the study was made up of all women with addicted husbands in Rafsanjan city spring and summer of 2023. From this statistical population, 30 people were purposefully selected and randomly assigned to two experimental (n=15) and control (n=15) groups. The tools this research included Walker and Thompson's Marital Intimacy Scale (1983) (MIS), Spanier's Marital Adjustment Scale (1976) (DAS), and Busby et al.'s (1995) Marital Quality of Life Scale (RADS). The experimental group participated in a solution-oriented group couple therapy program for 8 sessions, 3 sessions per week and each session lasted 90 minutes. The data were analyzed using multivariate covariance analysis. The findings showed that with the control of the pre-test, there was a significant difference between the mean of the post-test compatibility, intimacy and quality of married life of women with addicted spouses admitted to the addiction treatment camp at the level (P<0.001). According to the findings, it can be stated that solution-oriented group couple therapy can be suitable approach to increase marital intimacy and compatibility, and as result of these factors, it can improve the quality of married life in addicts and their spouses.

Keywords: Marital Adjustment, Marital Intimacy, Marital Quality of Life, Addiction, Solution-Oriented Group Couple Therapy.

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Type of Article: Research | Subject: Family Psychology
Received: 2024/02/21 | Accepted: 2024/06/11 | ePublished: 2025/01/29