The effectiveness of intersystem approach to treating infidelity on women's trust affected by spouse infidelity

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Morteza Abbasi ¹
• Mansour Sodani ²
• Gholamreza Rajabi ³
• Reza khojastehmehr ³

¹ PhD Candidate of Family counseling, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran

² Associate Professor, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran

³ Professor, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran

Abstract

Infidelity and unfaithfulness are a behavior disorder and disease, because due to complications and disadvantage associated with it, it causes varies injury and problems for both injured and betray partner. The aim of present study was to examine the effectiveness of intersystem approach to treating infidelity on women's trust affected by male infidelity. Research method was single case experimental sorts of non-concurrent multiple baseline designs. Study population were all Ahvaz women affected by male infidelity that with considering the conditions of entry and exit and verbal interview and women who scored a lower than 72 in trust scale, 3 couple selected by targeted sampling method and were treated separately by intersystem approach to treating infidelity, for 8 sessions of 90 minutes. Research tool was Rempel and Holmes trust in interpersonal relations scale (1986). Data were analyzed by visual analysis (chart drawing), clinical definition (the Change Index Permanent and the Comparison of Normality) and the percentage of recovery Formula. Findings indicate that women in marital trust showed (%87/34) improvement in the treatment process and (%07/40) continued in the follow-up process. In Comparison of Normality, findings showed that the t value is larger than quantity of table with 33 degree of freedom (df). So it can be stated that the two normal and abnormal groups in the variable of marriage trust clinically are not different from each other’s. Therefore, conclude that the intersystem approach to treating infidelity able to increase couple trust of Women's affected by male infidelity. So, this treatment can be used to reduce the psychological suffering of couple affected by infidelity and improve their marital relationship in private and public counseling centers.

Keywords

• intersystem approach to treating infidelity
• couple trust
• infidelity

20.1001.1.20088566.1398.10.38.3.4

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