%0 Journal Article %T The effects of emotional focused therapy on increasing the marriage suitability of barren couples %J International Journal of Behavioral Sciences %I Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences %Z 2322-1194 %A Soltani, Marziyeh %D 2013 %\ 02/01/2013 %V 6 %N 4 %P 383-389 %! The effects of emotional focused therapy on increasing the marriage suitability of barren couples %K Emotional Focused Therapy %K Marriage Suitability %K Barrenness %R %X Introduction: The present research aims at investigating the effects of emotional focused therapy on increasing the adjustment of infertile couple.Method: The present research was a quasi-experimental study. The samples included 12 couples, (6 couples in which husband was infertile, and 6 couples in which wife was infertile). Infertility was diagnosed by a gynecologist and maladjustment was diagnosed by Spanir Marriage Suitability Test. They were assigned to control and experiment groups. Six couples (3 couples in which husband was infertile and 3 couples in which wife was infertile) received emotional focused therapy couple therapy and the other 6 couples waited for treatment (as the control group).Result: Emotional focused therapy meaningfully increased marriage adjustment, twosome settlement, love expression, marriage consent, and twosome consistency.Conclusions: The emotional focused therapy increases infertile couple’s marriage suitability. %U https://www.behavsci.ir/article_67804_278fa7aa4b800bf43bea29b5a8202849.pdf