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Haroon Rashidi H, Kiyaniyan Mehr Z. The effect of the positive couple therapy on the marital intimacy and sexual satisfaction of female students. FPJ 2019; 5 (1) :125-138
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1- Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Dezful Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dezful, Iran. , haroon_rashidi2003@yahoo.com
2- Dezful Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dezful, Iran.
2- Dezful Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dezful, Iran.
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Marital intimacy is one of the factors affecting family stability. Sexual satisfaction can also enhance this intimacy in women. The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the positive couple-therapy on the marital intimacy and sexual satisfaction of female students, Islamic Azad University Dezful branch. For this study, quasi-experimental method, with pretest-posttest and follow-up design, and a control group were used. The study population included all of the female students at female students, Islamic Azad University Dezful branch. In this study, 30 subjects were randomly selected through voluntary sampling and were divided into two experimental and control groups (15 subjects in each group). The experimental group underwent positive couple-therapy, but the control group did not receive any interventions. Data were collected using marital intimacy scale (Thompson & Walker, 1983) and sexual satisfaction scale (Larson, 1998) and analyzed using statistical of covariance measures. The results showed that positive couple-therapy had a significant effect on the marital intimacy and sexual satisfaction of students in post-test stages (p<0.001). The results it showed that positive is effective on the increasing marital intimacy and sexual satisfaction.
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