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Erfanmanesh S, Heydari P, Shamsaee R, Bay S, Afshari N. (2019). Compare the effectiveness of couple therapy based on admission and commitment and excitement therapy couple on stress and cohesion and improvement of adjustment in Tehran. Journal of Psychological Science. 18(75), 373-382.
URL: http://psychologicalscience.ir/article-1-290-en.html

Background: research refers to increasing number of couple referred to psychotherapy to treat emotional relationships and adjustment problems through couple therapy based on admission and commitment and emotional focused couple therapy. But could we compare the effectiveness of these therapies? One of the common reasons these days are referred to psychiatrists and psychologists is the problem of marriage and emotional relationships between spouses and therapist couples for this reason, it has become a very popular mental health professional common. Aims: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of Couple therapy based on admission and commitment and excitement therapy couple on stress and cohesion and improvement of adjustment in Tehran’s wives in 2019. Method: The present study was a quasi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test with control group. The study population consisted of spouses who referred to family counseling clinics in Tehran. Thirty couples were selected by purposive non-random sampling and were randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups (10 couples each). The research tools were Spinier Adjustment questionnaire (1976), Antonovsky’s Consistency scale (1993) and Lovibond Scale of Depression, Anxiety and Stress-21 (1995). Two treatment protocols for the two experimental groups were performed in eight 90-minute sessions. Data analysis was performed using covariance. Results: The results showed that acceptance and commitment-based couple therapy and emotion-focused couple therapy were significantly effective on stress, cohesion and improvement of adjustment in spouses. Conclusions: interventions and protocols in counseling settings were effective for both treatment.