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The effectiveness of short-term solution-focused therapy on self-differentiation, relationship beliefs, and attachment styles in emotionally divorced couples

The effectiveness of short-term solution-focused therapy on self-differentiation, communication beliefs, and attachment styles in emotionally divorced couples referring to counseling clinics

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT20250519065799N1
Enrollment
50
Registered
2025-09-21
Start date
2025-10-07
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-13

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Conditions

Couples with emotional divorce. Problems in relationship with spouse or partner

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: Solution-focused short-term therapy: In this therapy, therapists focus on what is possible and are not interested in gaining knowledge about how the problem arose.

Sponsors

Islamic Azad University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
20 Years to 40 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Having symptoms of diagnosed emotional divorce Couples aged between 20 and 40 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Having diagnosed psychological disorders Use of psychotropic medications

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Self-differentiation: The foundation of Bowen's theory is both an intrapsychic and interindividual concept of differentiation. Much like ego strength, self-differentiation is the capacity for thought and reflection, not to automatically respond to internal or external emotional pressures. In this study, self-differentiation is the score that each individual obtains on the Self-Differentiation Questionnaire by Skowron and Frylander (1998). Timepoint: In this design, subjects were measured before the independent variable was implemented (pre-test), then the experimental intervention or independent variables were applied. After that, subjects were measured again. Finally, after one month of the post-test, both groups were measured again to examine the continuity of the intervention effect on the experimental group. In this study, short-term solution-focused therapy was implemented in 8 90-minute group sessions based on the standard protocol of Deshazer and Berg (1997). Method of measurement: The measurement tool will include: The revised DSI R questionnaire, the initial form of which was developed by Skowron and Frylander (1998) and revised in 2003 by Skowron and Smith.;Relationship beliefs: The belief or mindset that a couple has about their marital relationship and accepts it as reality. Relationship beliefs in this study were the scores that each couple obtained on the Relationship Beliefs Questionnaire by Eidelson and Epstein (1982). Timepoint: In this design, subjects were measured before the independent variable was implemented (pre-test), then the experimental intervention or independent variables were applied. After that, subjects were measured again. Finally, after one month of the post-test, both groups were measured again to examine the continuity of the intervention effect on the experimental group. In this study, short-term solution-focused therapy was implemented in 8 90-minute group sessions based on the standard protocol of Deshazer and Berg (1997). Met

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactMaryam Sadat Sadri

Islamic Azad University

maryamsadri2013@yahoo.com+98 61 3333 3521

Outcome results

None listed

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