Comparison of the effectiveness of couple therapy based on acceptance and commitment of couple therapy based on compassion on marital conflicts and sexual intimacy of infertile couples in Kermanshah

Subject Areas : Psychology

elham hasani ¹ , Shima Parandin ²

1 - بلوار بنت الهدی- کوی شهید یزدان بختیاری پلاک 31
2 - Faculty member of psychology department, eslam abad gharb branch, azad university, eslam abad gharb, iran

Received: 2022-04-08 Accepted : 2022-10-11 Published : 2022-10-23

Keywords: Marital conflict, Infertility, Sexual intimacy, compassion therapy, Commitment and Acceptance Therapy (ACT),

Abstract :

Infertility and lack of reproduction of spouses is one of the important reasons for increasing marital conflicts and reducing sexual intimacy between couples. Among the third wave of psychology therapies is acceptance, commitment, and compassion therapy, which helps people deal with the issues in their lives in a proper way. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment based therapy and compassion based treatment on marital conflicts and sexual intimacy of infertile couples in Kermanshah. This research is a quasi-experimental type. The statistical population of the present study includes all infertile couples in Kermanshah who have referred to the infertility treatment clinics of Motazedi Hospital in Kermanshah annually and have shown the available type using pre-test, post-test design with control group and sampling method. It is found that couple therapy based on acceptance and commitment and couple therapy based on compassion at a significant level (p≤0.01) has been effective in increasing sexual intimacy. Also, at a significant level (p≤0.01), comparing the difference between the mean effectiveness of commitment therapy based on commitment and acceptance and couple therapy based on compassion, did not show a significant effect on marital conflicts.