The effectiveness of emotion-focused couple therapy on positive emotion, marital intimacy and personality abilities of elderly women

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1 Ph.D. Student, Department of Counseling, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Dezful Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dezful, Iran

Abstract

Aim: this study aimed to determine the effectiveness of emotion-focused couple therapy on positive meta-emotion, marital intimacy and personality abilities of elderly women. Methods: The research method was semi-experimental with pre-test-posttest design with control group, and the statistical population of the study was all elderly women referred to counseling centers in Babol in 2021. The sample size consisted of 30 elderly women who were selected by convenience sampling methods according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. The experimental group received couple therapy intervention in 12 sessions of 90 minutes weekly, questionnaires used in this study included positive meta-emotion questionnaire of Mitmansgruber et al.(2009), Thompson and Walker marital intimacy (1993), and personality abilities of Peterson and Seligman (2004). Data were analyzed by repeatedly measuring variance in SPSS software version 22. Results: The results showed that there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in terms of positive meta-emotion, marital intimacy and personality abilities (p<0.01). In other words, emotion-focused couple therapy intervention improved positive meta-emotion, marital intimacy and personality abilities of elderly women. Conclusion: According to the findings of the present study, emotional-focused couple therapy intervention can be suggested as an efficient method to increase positive meta-emotion, marital intimacy and personality abilities of elderly women

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  • Receive Date: 12 May 2022
  • Revise Date: 02 July 2022
  • Accept Date: 12 December 2022

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