The effectiveness of short-term couple therapy by self-regulatory technique on psychological well-being and marital communication of maladjustment couples

Abstract

The present research was conducted to investigate the effect of short- term couple therapy by self-regulatory technique on psychological well- being and marital communication of couples referred to Welfare Organization Centers in Jahrom town. The sample included 28 couples who were selected by simple randomly sampling from 42 voluntary couples for this study. The instruments were used: (1) Psychological Well-being Ryff Scall and (2) Marital Satisfaction Enrich Questionnaire. The design of this study was pretest- posttest with control group, and then the experimental group received intervention. At posttest stage two groups answered the scale again. The result showed that the short- term couple therapy by self-regulatory technique increased psychological well-being and marital communication in experimental group in comparison to control group.

Keywords

• short- term couple therapy
• self-regulatory technique
• psychological well-being
• marital communication