Comparison theEffectiveness of imago therapy and satier couple therapy on life stability in conflicting couples

Document Type : Research Paper

Abstract

The aim of this study was Comparison the Effectiveness of imago therapy and satier couple therapy on life stability in conflicting couples .
The statistical population consisted of all married women referring to counseling centers in Shiraz who were selected by purposeful sampling.
Thus, out of those who scored higher than the cut-off line of the Business Marriage Instability Questionnaire and volunteered to participate in the study, 45person was randomly selected and again randomly divided into 3 groups (2 experimental and 1 control groups). The experimental groups received group therapy in 12 sessionKeywords: imago therapy, satier couple therapy, life stability, conflicting coupless of 90 minute . To collect data in this experimental research, marital instability index Edvard and et al were used. .Results of This study indicated that treatment had significant effect on life stability of conflicting couples but, finding indicated that there are not significant different between Effectiveness of imago therapy and satier couple therapy.

Keywords

• imago therapy
• satier couple therapy
• life stability
• conflicting couples

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Main Subjects

• Psychological Models and Methods

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