Background: Marital infidelity is an interpersonal trauma that can lead to cognitive, emotional, and behavioral symptoms in the affected person. Objective: The goal of this study was to determine the effectiveness of emotion-focused couple therapy in insecure attachment styles in women and men affected by spousal infidelity. Methods: This study was quasi-experimental research with pre-test, post-test and follow-up with control group. The statistical population of this study included all men and women who were referred to counseling centers in Tehran in 2019-20 due to spousal infidelity. A total of 40 patients were randomly assigned to two groups: experimental and control, using a convenience sampling procedure. The intervention was not given to the control group. The Control group did not receive the intervention. Data were collected using an attachment styles questionnaire (Hazen & Shaver, 1987), and a multivariate covariance analysis test was used to eliminate the effect of pre-test using SPSS software. Results: The results demonstrated that emotion-focused couple therapy affected the scores of insecure attachment styles (P<0. 01). It was also revealed that the method of training was to enrich couples' relationships with an emotion-focused approach in the follow-up phase (P<0. 01). Conclusion: As evidenced by the results of this study, it can be stated that emotion-focused couple therapy is effective in women and men affected by spousal infidelity,therefore, it can be successfully used as a therapeutic or educational method in couple therapy programs.

Background and goal: Research shows that there is relationship between attachment styles, Asthma and in this research the relationship between insecure avoidance attachment, insecure ambivalence attachment and asthma in interaction with gender factor has been investigated. In this research it was hypothesized that there is relation between asthma and attachment style.Method: For this purpose we selected 40 asthmatic patients (20 males and 20 females) and 40 healthy subjects (20 males and 20 females). For collection of information about variables, we used Adult attachment Questionnaire.Findings: The results showed that asthmatic patients and normal group were significantly different in secure attachment and insecure avoidant and ambivalent attachment styles (P<0/001). In this research gender role in relation to style of attachment & asthma were investigated. The results showed that there is positive & significant relationship between style of ambivalent attachment & asthma in females.Conclusions: The results showed that, attachment style of asthmatic patients is insecure and ambivalent type.

Introduction: Regarding the importance of investigating the relationship between insecure attachment styles and Relationship Obsessive-Compulsive (ROC) symptoms, the present study aimed to predict ROC symptoms due to insecure attachment of the anxiety and avoidance type in the student population. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive and correlational research, the statistical population included all married students of Tehran universities in the academic year of 2022. The research instruments were the New Partner-Related Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms Inventory (PROCSI), New Relationship Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory (ROCI), and Experiences in Close Relationships-Revised (ECR-R). After removing the incomplete questionnaires, the data related to 111 people (17 men and 94 women) were analyzed. Simultaneous correlation and regression methods were used to analyze the data. Results: Anxious and avoidant insecure attachment can predict significantly 27% of the variance of PROCSI scores (P= 0. 001). Anxious and avoidant insecure attachment can predict 29% of the variance of ROCI scores significantly (P= 0. 001). Avoidant and especially anxious insecure attachment in a meaningful model was able to predict the signs of obsession with the relationship with the spouse (P< 0. 01). Conclusion: insecure attachment is important in creating Relationship Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (ROCD). We found a relationship between self-perception and others-perception and symptoms of ROCD.

The aim of this study was to examine heart rate responses to attachment-related film clips in secure attachment individuals and comparing them to those with insecure attachment. The study was a quasi- experimental design. Thirty students aged between 18 and 30 (15 students with secure attachment style, 15 students with insecure attachment style) were selected by convenience sampling method. The Adult attachment Questionnaire (AAQ; Hazan & Shaver, 1987) was used to assess participants’ attachment styles. The heart rate (HR) reactivity of participants was monitored during eight Iranian attachment-related film clips by electrocardiogram (ECG).The results of independent t-test indicated that participants with insecure attachment had significantly lower HR reduction than participants with secure attachment during the three intense emotional weight and negative content film clips. Additionally, participants with insecure attachment had significantly lower HR reduction on the two low emotional weight and positive content film clips than participants with secure attachment. We also found the HR reactivity of individuals with insecure attachment styles was significantly higher than secure individuals during resting phase. The implications of high level of arousal and low level of emotion regulation in individuals with insecure attachment styles were discussed.