The comparison of the effect of emotion focused couple therapy and the problem- centered systemic therapy on marital conflict of spouses of the men under treatment of substance dependence

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1 Hadi Naghdi, PhD of Counseling, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch of Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran

3 Professor of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch of Tehran, Iran

4 Professor, Department of Counseling, Kharazmi University of Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Reducing couples’ marital conflict in the process of treatment of substance dependence disorder can considered one effective factor. This study was administered aimed to the investigation of the effect of emotionally focused couple therapy and problem- centered systems therapy on marital conflict of spouses of the men under treatment of substance dependence. The method of the study was quasi-experimental and its design was pretest posttest with a control group. The statistical population consisted of 32 couples (64 subjects) that their husbands were under treatment of substance abuse in centers of treatment of substance abuse in Sanandej in 2016 that among them 30 qualified couples were selected and were assigned randomly in three groups of 20 subjects, two experimental groups and a control group (each group 10 couples). The couples of experimental groups during 11 weeks, each week a 60-minute session participated in a separate intervention emotionally focused couple therapy and problem- centered systems therapy. The data of the women were gathered using the marital conflict questionnaire of Sanaei Zaker, Alaghband, Falahati, and Houman (2009). To results of the covariance analysis indicated that the differences among the groups were significant (P <0.01, F = 12.194). In addition, the result of the "least significant difference" follow up test showed that compared to the control group, the decrease in marital conflict in experimental groups were significantly (P <0.01), but there was no significant difference between the effects of two models of couple therapy (P < 0.120). The results of this study indicated that emotionally focused couple therapy reduced marital conflict by replacing positive cycles instead of negative cycles of conflict and problem- centered systems therapy reduced marital conflict by control of external source of conflict.

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Family Counseling and Psychotherapy
Volume 7, Issue 1 - Serial Number 23
23
August 2017
Pages 23-44

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  • Receive Date: 27 January 2017
  • Revise Date: 02 July 2017
  • Accept Date: 23 July 2017

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