Comparing the Effectiveness of Emotion-Focused Therapy and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy on The Sexual Satisfaction of Women Affected by Marital Infidelity

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Dehghani Farideh; Ghazanfari Ahmad; Sharifi Tayebeh

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Journal: Razi Journal of Medical Sciences Year:2024 | Volume:30 | Issue:7 Page(s): 1-13

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Comparing the Effectiveness of Emotion-Focused Therapy and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy on The Sexual Satisfaction of Women Affected by Marital Infidelity

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Dehghani Farideh | Ghazanfari Ahmad | Sharifi Tayebeh | Issue Writer Certificate

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Marital Infidelity

Emotion-Focused Therapy

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

Sexual Satisfaction

Abstract

2Background & Aims: Marital bond is considered the most complex human relationship and has a potential ability to release emotions. At the same time, this very special human relationship may suffer due to the reasons that Marital Infidelity seems to damage the marital relationship more than any other problem and factor and puts the couple in a very difficult situation (1). Betrayal is one of the main reasons for divorce and marriage breakdown (2). In the couple therapy literature, cheating is any type of sexual or emotional relationship that is secret and outside of marital rules (3). Also, Widerman and Allgir (2011) in their definition of Marital Infidelity pay attention to a wider scope and consider it as having a sexual or emotional relationship, online or a combination of them (4). Of course, according to this definition, it is not necessary to have sex in order to be able to put a relationship in this category, but any relationship with a person of the opposite sex that is hidden from the spouse is an extramarital relationship and is considered treason (5).
One of the challenges that the betrayed person faces and in turn affects the quality of treatment is that marital betrayal causes the loss of trust in the relationship and the level of intimacy, as well as a sharp decrease in satisfaction with married life. . Therefore, until the betrayed person cannot forgive his wife and trust him, the recovery process will not be possible and there will be no overall satisfaction. Therefore, when working with such cases, therapists should not only focus on reducing symptoms and discomfort. Rather, they should pay attention to more important issues such as overall satisfaction with life, as well as quality of life and Sexual Satisfaction. It seems that overall satisfaction with life and Sexual Satisfaction have a two-way relationship with each other and the existence of each can help improve the other; Because the absence of one causes the decline of the other. On the other hand, the results of some studies show that Sexual Satisfaction increases mental health and improves the quality of life. Research findings about the quality and quantity of infidelity treatment show that regardless of the theoretical orientation of the treatment, a large percentage of couples can benefit from these interventions. Several theoretical and interventional models have been introduced for the treatment of infidelity, among which emotion-oriented therapy and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy can be introduced. In this way, the current research was put to the test with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of Emotion-Focused Therapy and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy on the Sexual Satisfaction of women injured by Marital Infidelity.
Methods: The present study was applied in terms of purpose and semi-experimental in terms of execution method with a pre-test, post-test and follow-up plan with a control group. The statistical population of the research included all the women who referred to one of the counseling centers in Isfahan city due to their husband's infidelity in the first half of 2022. Thus, using the available sampling method, 54 people were selected from among them and randomly assigned to 2 experimental groups and 1 control group (18 people in each group). The research tool was the Sexual Satisfaction questionnaire (Larson et al., 1998), which was completed in three stages: pre-test, post-test and 3-month follow-up. Then, eight 90-minute sessions of Emotion-Focused Therapy were given to the members of the experimental group (1) and eight 90-minute sessions of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to the members of the experimental group (2). The obtained data were analyzed using variance analysis with repeated measurements and Bonferroni's post hoc test.
Results: The results of the research showed that the average scores of Sexual Satisfaction in the pre-test, post-test and follow-up times were significantly different from each other (P<0.01); So that it was found that the average scores of Sexual Satisfaction in the post-test and follow-up stages increased significantly compared to the pre-test stage (P<0.01), but there was no significant difference between the average scores of the post-test and follow-up stages (0.01).

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