Showing 7 results for Marital Intimacy
Aydin Sanamnejad, Hossein Ghamari Givi, Ali Sheykholeslami, Ali Rezaiisharif,
Volume 20, Issue 79 (10-2021)
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The aim of the present study was to compare and evaluate the effectiveness of Contextual Therapy fair-centered (CT) (based on Ivan Böszörményi-Nagy) and Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) on increasing Marital Intimacy and reducing Marital Burnout in couples. The method was semi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design with a control group. The statistical population included all couples who in 2017-2018 referred to the Sanam private office of counseling and psychological services (under the supervision of the Psychology and Counseling Organization of Iran) in the city of Urmia. Among them, 24 couples who have referred to this center due to marital conflicts, after matching the subjects and the criteria for entering and leaving the research, were purposefully selected and randomly assigned to three groups (Eight pairs in each group), which are two experimental groups and one control group. After performing the pretest, the Contextual Therapy group were performed 10 sessions and Emotion-Focused Therapy was 9 for each pair. The questionnaires used included Walker and Thompson's intimacy scale and Pines 's Burnout Scale. To analyze the data and hypotheses, the statistical test method of “repeated measurement variance analysis” and SPSS software were used. Findings showed that the effectiveness of Emotion-Focused Therapy in increasing intimacy was significantly (p < 0.001) than the Contextual. But there is no significant difference between the two approaches in reducing “marital boredom”, Also, the findings showed that, over time, the effectiveness of the Contextual Therapy approach to the Emotion-Focused Therapy in “marital burnout” is more stable. Conclusion: In comparison Emotion-Focused Therapy a more effective effect in increasing intimacy and the effectiveness of the two approaches in reducing marital burnout is the same,but in the long run, the Contextual approach has shown better therapeutic stability in improving Marital burnout.
Fariba Tabkhi, Hajar Falahzade, Neda Nazarboland,
Volume 21, Issue 81 (5-2022)
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Aim: The purpose of this study was to compare the dimensions of intimacy, commitment, and marital satisfaction in couples with and without pre-marrital counseling. Methods: The present study is a causal-comparative study, and the statistical population includes two groups of married people in Tehran between 2018-2019, one of which had experienced premarital counseling while the other group did not have this experience. The sample consisted of two groups of married people using available and convenient sampling method which consisted of total of 60 couples. Three questionnaires of intimacy, commitment and marital satisfaction were applied. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics indices and the mixed variance analysis method using SPSS software. Results: Findings showed that there was a significant difference between the two groups regarding the dimensions of marital intimacy in the dimension of psychological intimacy. And comparing the dimensions of marital commitment in the two groups showed that there is a significant difference in the dimension of personal commitment. Comparison of the dimensions of marital satisfaction showed that the counseling group in the dimension of children and parenting was significantly higher than in the counseling group. Conclusion: Therefore, it seems that pre-marital counseling programs need training and interventions in order to promote intimacy, commitment, and marital satisfaction.
Zahra Taziki, Azadeh Choobforoushzadeh, Yasser Rrzapour,
Volume 23, Issue 90 (6-2024)
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Aim: Marital infidelity, which is known as one of the social problems, can cause the collapse of the family or even cause a crime. This study was conducted with the aim of investigating the mediating role of marital intimacy in the relationship between midlife crisis and the tendency to Infidelity in middle-aged men. Methods: This research was of correlation type with structural equation modeling method. The statistical population of this research consisted of all men aged 40 to 60 in Razavi Khorasan province. The research sample was selected from the current population using available sampling method, the tools included: The questionnaire was marital intimacy (Walker and Thompson, 1983), mid-life identity crisis (Rajaei et al., 2017) and tendency to infidelity (Bashirpour et al., 2017). The sample size of this research included 200 men. Data analysis was done using structural equation method and SPSS and AMOS software. Findings: The results of the analysis indicated a direct and significant relationship between the midlife crisis and the tendency to commit marital infidelity. Also, there was an indirect relationship between midlife crisis and the tendency to commit marital infidelity, due to marital intimacy. Marital intimacy also had an inverse and significant relationship with the independent variable of midlife crisis. And finally, there was an inverse and significant relationship between the desire for marital infidelity and marital intimacy. Therefore, the assumed model has a good fit. Conclusion: Considering the predictive role of midlife crisis and the role of marital intimacy in people's tendency to commit marital infidelity, Specialists should emphasize the need to provide appropriate training to couples who are exposed to these injuries.
Helia Behrouznia, Keyvan Salehi, Yaser Madani, Somayeh Shahmoradi,
Volume 24, Issue 93 (3-2025)
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Aim: Single-session therapy is a method designed to address the client's issues in the shortest possible time and emphasizes efficiency and maximum use of time. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of single-session therapy on marital intimacy, Methods: This research employed a mixed-methods explanatory design. The statistical population included all couples who visited to the Behzist Clinic in Tehran in 2023 with marital problems with marital problems. A total of 30 couples were selected through convenience sampling and assigned to experimental and control groups. In the quantitative phase, the effect of this intervention was assessed using a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design with a control group, and using and the Walker and Thompson Marital Intimacy Scale (1983). In the qualitative phase, data from semi-structured interviews were collected with the same participants from the experimental group and analyzed by descriptive phenomenology method following the Colaizzi method. Findings: The quantitative results indicated that single-session therapy significantly improves marital intimacy (P ≤ 0.05). The qualitative findings also revealed improvements in marital intimacy, aligning with the subscales and questions of the Marital Intimacy Scale and supporting the quantitative results. Conclusion: This study demonstrates that single-session therapy can be used as a practical, short-term, and effective approach to improve marital intimacy, and its results can be useful for therapists and future researchers and encourage couples to use this method to enhance intimacy in their marital life.
