The effectiveness of emotion-oriented couple therapy on marital burnout, positive and negative emotions, and couples' emotional processing

Not Applicable

Recruiting

Conditions: Marital Conflicts.
Problems in relationship with spouse or partner
Z63.0

Registration Number: IRCT20240722062517N1

Lead Sponsor: Islamic Azad University, Semnan branch

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

Couples diagnosed with marital burnout problems.
Couples should be between 20 and 50 years old.
Couples who have been married for at least 3 years.
Couples who wish to participate in emotional couple therapy sessions and have signed an informed consent form.
Couples who are not currently in the process of divorce or separation.
Absence of acute psychiatric problems requiring immediate treatment (such as schizophrenia or acute bipolar disorder).
Couples who are married permanently.

Exclusion Criteria

Couples who do not want to continue attending sessions during the study.
Occurrence of new problems that require immediate intervention outside the scope of emotion-oriented couple therapy.
Absence in more than two treatment sessions without a valid reason.
Deciding to divorce or separate during the study period.
Lack of cooperation of couples in completing questionnaires or doing exercises related to the study.
Initiation or escalation of drug or alcohol use during the study period.

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Marriage Burnout. Timepoint: Before starting the intervention and after completing 10 intervention sessions. Method of measurement: Pines Marital Depression Questionnaire (1996).;Positive and Negative Emotions. Timepoint: Before starting the intervention and after completing 10 intervention sessions. Method of measurement: Watson et al.'s scale of positive and negative emotions (1988).;Emotional Processing. Timepoint: Before starting the intervention and after completing 10 intervention sessions. Method of measurement: Thomas and Owens emotional processing scale (2007).

Secondary Outcome Measures