Comparison of the effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy and group therapy scheme on attachment styles of women with marital boredom

Subject Areas : Psychology

Rozita Tanbakouchian ¹ , Firoozeh Zanganeh Motlagh ² , Mohammad Rrza Bayat ³

1 - Islamic Azad University Arak Branch, Department of Counse, Arak, Iran.
2 - Islamic Azad University Arak Branch, Department of Psychology & Counseling, Arak, Iran.
3 - Islamic Azad University Andimeshk Branch, Department of Psychology, Andimeshk, Iran.

Received: 2020-04-13 Accepted : 2020-08-04 Published : 2020-09-22

Keywords: Group schema therapy, Emotion-oriented therapy, attachment styles, marital burnout,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to determine and compare the effectiveness of emotion-oriented therapy and group schema therapy on attachment styles (secure, avoidant and ambivalent) of women with marital burnout at ddistrict 3 of Tehran .45 female of the mentioned population were selected via purposive sampling method and randomly assigned in two experimental and one control groups. The research was quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test and follow-up test. Hazen and Shiver (1987) Attachment Styles Questionnaire was implemented to collect data. Both treatment methods were conducted for 8 session 90 minutes each. Research data were analyzed using multi variables analysis of covariance, one way analysis of covariance and Bonferroni post hoc test. Findings showed that both oriented-focused and group schema therapy were effective on secure, avoidant and ambivalent attachment styles. The results of comparing the two therapies also showed that the emotion-oriented therapy was more effective on attachment styles of women with marital burn out than group schema therapy.

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