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Comparison of Schema-Based Couple Therapy and Positive Couple Therapy on Couples' Tendency Towards Extramarital Affairs
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Hadi Valipour *    |
| Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Azad University, Mahallat Branch, Iran |
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Introduction: This study aimed to compare schema-based couple therapy and positive couple therapy on the tendency to have extramarital affairs, marital conflicts, and communication beliefs.
Method: The present research method was a quasi-experimental type with a pre-test-post-test with a control group. The statistical population was all married women referring to counseling centers under the supervision of the Psychological System Organization in regions 6 and 5 of Tehran in 1403, from which 45 people were selected as a sample using the convenience sampling method and randomly assigned to the schema-based couple therapy experimental group (15 people), the positive couple therapy experimental group (15 people), and the control group (15 people). The subjects answered questionnaires before and after the intervention. The schema-based couple therapy experimental group underwent the Yang et al. (2003) package therapy intervention, and the positive couple therapy experimental group underwent the Seligman et al. (2014) package therapy intervention for eight 90-minute sessions. Data were analyzed using analysis of covariance and Bonferroni post hoc test using SPSS-26 software.
Findings: The results of data analysis showed that schema-based couple therapy and positive couple therapy were effective in reducing couples' tendency to have extramarital affairs (P<0.05).
Conclusion: The results of the study showed that schema-based couple therapy and positive couple therapy have a significant effect on reducing the tendency to have extramarital affairs. Also, both interventions have the same effect on the tendency to have extramarital affairs. |
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| Keywords: schema-based couple therapy, positive couple therapy, tendency to have extramarital affairs |
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Article Type: Qualitative Research |
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