مجله علوم روانشناختی (Sep 2017)
The effectiveness of training based on group narrative therapy on the couples intimacy
Abstract
The studies have shown that social psychologists have used narrative methods to test the hypothesis of the dynamics of close, intimate and kindly relationships between couples in order to improve family functions and promote intimacy. The subject of the present research is the effect of group narrative therapy on couples’ intimacy. The subject of the present research is that what effect does the group narrative therapy has on couples’ intimacy. The aim of study is to investigate the effectiveness of training based on group narrative therapy on the couples’ intimacy in the form of quasi-experimental research with pretest-posttest and control group has been studied. The sample consisted of 16 volunteer couples of Shahrod university students selected and random assignment (8 couples in the experimental groups and 8 couples in control group and) was done. The experimental group participated in 9 sessions of group narrative therapy, (adapted from the Michael White and David Epstein’s Treatment Program, 1990) while the control group received no intervention. The couples of two groups completed in pre-test and post-test phases the Bagarozy intimacy needs questionnaire (2001). The results of analysis of covariance showed that compared with the control group, the group narrative therapy has increased significantly all subscales of intimacy (emotional, psychological, intellectual, sexual, physical, spiritual - religious, social - recreational, aesthetic) in couples of experimental group (p<0.01). In other words, narrative group therapy improved relationship and increased intimacy in couples.
