COMPARISON OF INTEGRATED MODEL OF SELF REGULATION-ATTACHMENT COUPLE THERAPY AND MARITAL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM IN MARITAL SATISFACTION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING OF COUPLES

This research was conducted to examine the efficacy of the integrated model of self regulation-attachment couple therapy and marital enrichment program in marital satisfaction and psychological wellbeing of couples. For this purpose, 33 couples were selected from among couples who attended the counseling services centers in the City of Khoramabad. Eleven couples were then randomly assinged to each of self regulation-attachment couple therapy, marital enrichment programa or a control groups. Before the programs began, the questionnaires of Enriching and Nurturing Relationship Issues, Communication and Happiness (ENRICH), Golombok-Rust Inventory of marital state (GRIMS), and Mental Health Inventory-28 (MHI-28) were administered to all couples. Then couples of the experimental groups participated in integrated model of self regulation-attachment couple therapy (6-8 sessions) and marital enrichment program (6 sessions). The control group remained on the waiting list. After the completion of intervention programs, all couples completed the questionnaires again as posttest. Results of MANCOVA indicated that after the control of pretest effects, the differences between means of groups in composite dependent variable was significant, that represent the effect of group on linear combination of dependent variables. Results of ANOVA indicated that there were also significant differences between the means of groups in each of the dependent variables including marital problems, marital satisfaction, psychological well-being, and psychological distress. Moreover, the pairwise comparisons of least significant differences (LSD) also indicated that integrated model of self regulation-attachment couple therapy and marital enrichment program had significant differences in each of the dependent variables compared to the control group, but not compared to each other.