The effectiveness of emotion management strategies based on emotion-oriented couple therapy approach on sexual satisfaction and communication patterns in married women

Subject Areas : Woman and family

Hassan Emamipour ¹ , Alinaghi Aghdasi ² , Amir Panahali ³

1 - PhD student in Counseling, Department of Counseling, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Counseling, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, [e-mail]
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Counseling, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

Received: 2023-07-11 Accepted : 2023-10-05 Published : 2025-03-18

Keywords: communication patterns, Sexual Satisfaction, Key words of emotion management strategies based on emotion-oriented couple therapy approach,

Abstract :

The purpose of this research was to determine the effectiveness of emotion management strategies based on emotion-oriented couples therapy approach on sexual satisfaction and communication patterns in married women. The current research was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group and a two-month follow-up period. The statistical population included all married women working in the education department of Tabriz city in 2022. The sample of this research included 30 sample people who were willing to participate in the research and were selected through available sampling. Then, among the research sample, 15 people were randomly replaced in the control group and 15 people in the intervention group (emotion management strategies based on emotion-oriented couple therapy approach). Data were collected using Hudson et al.'s (1981) sexual satisfaction questionnaire (ISS) and Christiesen et al.'s (1984) communication patterns (CPQ). The intervention of emotion management strategies based on the emotion-oriented couple therapy approach was carried out during 9 sessions of 40 minutes once a week; But the control group did not receive any intervention. The research data was analyzed by mixed variance analysis (repeated measurement). The results showed that the effectiveness of emotion management strategies based on emotion-oriented couple therapy approach was significant on sexual satisfaction and communication patterns (p<0.05). According to the findings of the present research, it can be concluded that emotional management strategies based on emotional couple therapy approach are effective on sexual satisfaction and communication patterns in married women.

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