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hosseini S, Tajikesmaeili A, Sanaei zaker B, Rasuli M. (2022). Comparison of the effectiveness of couple therapy based on acceptance and commitment (ACT), and gottman’s couple therapy on marital intimacy among conflicting couples. Journal of Psychological Science. 21(110), : 4 doi:10.52547/JPS.21.110.287
URL: http://psychologicalscience.ir/article-1-1344-en.html

Background: Marital intimacy refers to the interaction between couples that leads to feelings of closeness, love and attention, and research has shown that it is a importanat factor in creating marital satisfaction. Despite the publication of the results of gottman’s longitudinal research, that proved the effectiveness in marital variables, there is a research gap in the study population as well as a comparison of this treatment with the acceptance and commitment therapy.
Aims: The purpose of this research was to comparing of comparing the effectiveness of Gottman’s couple therapy and acceptance and commitment couple therapy (ACT) on marital intimacy in distressed couples.
Methods: Based on the pilot plan that is “pretest-posttest with followup” selected 19 couples that referred to counseling centers in Sardasht, using the Thompson & Walker marital intimacy inventory (1983) and after the initial screening and applying the entry and exit criteria, they were randomly assigned to two experimental groups and one control group. First group participated in ACT sessions (take from Bach & Moran, 2008) and the second, participated in Guttman couple therapy sessions (based on gottman & gottman, 2017), but the control group did not receive training during this period. The data analyzed by mixed analysis of variance.
Results: The results showed that there is a significant different between means both Gottman’s couple therapy and Act couple therapy with the control group in the variables of emotional closeness, marital satisfaction and total marital intimacy (p<0/05). but in the self-sacrifice, no significant difference was (p >0.05).
Conclusion: Both approaches increase marital intimacy in couples, however, it seems that Guttman couple therapy is more effective than ACT couple therapy. It seems that boath therapies ca nbe used to enrich the relationships of conflicting couples