The Effect of Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) on marital adjustment of discord couples

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) on marital adjustment of discord couples. The sample consisted of 15 couples (30 individuals) being referred to counseling centers of Masjid Solei man County were selected and randomly placed in two groups, experimental and control. Research design was an applied-type design. Research instrument was Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS), which was completed in pretest and posttest. The results showed a significant difference between the mean scores of the overall marital adjustment of the experimental group and control group; it can be said that the effectiveness of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy increased the marital adjustment of discord couples. The level of significance in this study was α=0.5.

Keywords:

emotionally-focused therapy (EFT) , marital adjustment , discord couple