Investigating the Effects of Couple Therapy and Interpersonal Therapy on Couples’ Intimacy Abbaszadeh Azam1, Ebrahimi Sedigheh2,*, Yaghoubi Abdolali2, Ghasemian Daryoush2 1Student of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mazandaran, Iran 2Department of Psychology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mazandaran, Iran *Corresponding author Email: ebrahimi.psy81@yahoo.com
Online published on 22 October, 2013. Abstract The present study was conducted for the purpose of investigating the effects of couple therapy and short-term interpersonal therapy on couples’ intimacy. It is an experimental study with a pre-test–post-test design. The population of the study constituted all volunteer couples based on the standards. The sample included 20 couples (10 couples in the experimental group and 10 couples in the control group) who were selected by the random sampling method. The experimental group participated in eight sessions of couple therapy, while the control group did not receive any intervention. The instrument used was the Walker and Thompson’ (1983) intimacy scale that both groups completed as pre- and post-test in two stages. The results showed (P-value > 0.05) lack of significance in the index of couples’ intimacy. However, there was a significant difference between the gain scores of the experimental and control groups in pre-test and post-test. Moreover, the findings indicated that short-term couple therapy and interpersonal therapy had an effect on couples’ intimacy, therefore, the information could be used for clinical and treatment interventions and increased couples’ intimacy or prevent its decrease. Top Keywords Couple Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, Intimacy. Top |