masoomeh mayeli; Talat Allahyari; Faramarz Sohrabi; Mohammad taghi karami
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The effectiveness of integrated couple therapy and positive psychotherapy on marital adjustment and forgiveness in couples Experiencing Infidelity Masoomeh Mayeli , Talat Allahyari , Faramarz sohrabi , Mohammad taghi Karami The present study examined the effectiveness of designed intervention (integrated ...
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The effectiveness of integrated couple therapy and positive psychotherapy on marital adjustment and forgiveness in couples Experiencing Infidelity Masoomeh Mayeli , Talat Allahyari , Faramarz sohrabi , Mohammad taghi Karami The present study examined the effectiveness of designed intervention (integrated couple therapy and positive psychotherapy) on forgiveness and increasing marital adjustment. The research design is semi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and control group. Among the couples referred to the counseling centers and social work clinics in Eslamshahr, couples (30 couples) were selected as available and then randomly divided into two groups of 15 couples (experimental group). And control group). Spinner's marital adjustment questionnaire and Ray et al.'s forgiveness questionnaire were used to collect data. In performing the therapeutic intervention, the experimental group was Attended at fifteen sessions (one session per week) individually, with a combined approach, while the control group did not receive any intervention. Data were analyzed using repeated measurement analysis in SPSS software. The results showed the effectiveness of the intervention approach on increasing marital adjustment and increasing forgiveness between couples. The Eta square indicates that %97.9 of the variance of the forgiveness variable and %93.3 of the variance of the adjustment variable is explained by the social work intervention approach.