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Comparing the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment-based couple therapy

Comparing the Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Couple Therapy and Cognitive-Behavioral Couple Therapy on Cognitive Distortions, Emotion Regulation and Emotional Intimacy In Couples with Marital Burnout

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT20250106064290N1
Enrollment
90
Registered
2025-01-22
Start date
2024-11-27
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-02-03

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Conditions

Clients with marital burnout.

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: This research is an applied type and a semi-experimental research method that will be conducted with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group and a three-mo

Sponsors

Islamic Azad University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
22 Years to 40 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria for the study included being married and living together in the same place at the time of study participation, achieving the required cut-off score on the self-report instruments, having a minimum level of literacy to respond to the self-report instruments, the ability and willingness to participate in the designated treatment sessions, and completing the instrument questions in full.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: This includes the individual's unwillingness and inability to participate or regularly attend scheduled therapy sessions, participating simultaneously or within the past 6 months in a psychotherapy program, suffering from any acute psychiatric illness and using any type of drug as diagnosed by a psychiatrist, as well as the individual's suffering from any chronic or incurable medical illness (cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular problems, neurological diseases, hematology, oncology, etc.), missing more than two sessions of therapy sessions, or attempting to get divorced through the relevant authorities.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Participants in the present study will respond to the following self-report instruments in three stages (pre-test, post-test, and three-month follow-up), in addition to a demographic information checklist (researcher-made form): Cognitive Distortions Questionnaire/Emotion Regulation Questionnaire/Marital Intimacy Questionnaire. Timepoint: 6 weeks after taking the questionnaire. Method of measurement: Cognitive Distortion Questionnaire/Emotion Regulation Questionnaire/Emotional Intimacy Questionnaire/Marital Burnout Questionnaire.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public Contactfatemeh soghra karbalai herofteh

Islamic Azad University

karbalaei1400@gmail.com+98 54 3342 9733

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026