Comparison of the impact of acceptance and commitment-based couple therapy and cognitive-behavioral couple therapy on reducing violence and the marital attitudes of couples applying for divorce

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Hossein Bagholi ¹

1 - Department of Psychology, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran

Received: 2025-01-14 Accepted : 2025-01-14 Published : 2024-06-19

Keywords: Couple therapy based on acceptance and commitment, cognitive-behavioral couple therapy, violence, the marital attitudes , couples applying for divorce,

Abstract :

The present study was conducted to compare the impact of acceptance and commitment-based couple therapy and cognitive-behavioral couple therapy on reducing violence the marital attitudes of couples applying for divorce. The current semi-experimental research is of an experimental type with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The statistical sample consisted of 60 couples applying for divorce in Yasuj city in the first quarter of 2012, who were selected by purposive sampling and randomly assigned to three groups of 20 people, cognitive behavioral couple therapy group, acceptance and commitment based couple therapy group, The control group (10 couples in each group) were included. Before and after the implementation of the interventions, the subjects responded to the Qahari Spouse Abuse Questionnaire (2014) and the Matrimonial Attitude Context Finding Scale. The results of covariance analysis showed that there is a significant difference between the average scores of the subjects in the components of emotional violence and physical violence and the marital attitudes in the experimental groups with the control group (P<0.05). ). Post hoc Bonferroni test also showed that there is no significant difference between commitment-based couple therapy and cognitive-behavioral couple therapy groups. both interventions of couple therapy based on acceptance and commitment and cognitive-behavioral couple therapy are effective in reducing the level of violence and improving the the marital attitudes of couples applying for divorce, and each of the interventions can be used separately or combined. Contractual use.

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