The comparison of the effect of emotion focused couple therapy and the problem- centered systemic therapy on marital conflict of spouses of the men under treatment of substance dependence

Reducing couples’ marital conflict in the process of treatment of substance dependence disorder can considered one effective factor. This study was administered aimed to the investigation of the effect of emotionally focused couple therapy and problem- centered systems therapy on marital conflict of spouses of the men under treatment of substance dependence. The method of the study was quasi-experimental and its design was pretest posttest with a control group. The statistical population consisted of 32 couples (64 subjects) that their husbands were under treatment of substance abuse in centers of treatment of substance abuse in Sanandej in 2016 that among them 30 qualified couples were selected and were assigned randomly in three groups of 20 subjects, two experimental groups and a control group (each group 10 couples). The couples of experimental groups during 11 weeks, each week a 60-minute session participated in a separate intervention emotionally focused couple therapy and problem- centered systems therapy. The data of the women were gathered using the marital conflict questionnaire of Sanaei Zaker, Alaghband, Falahati, and Houman (2009). To results of the covariance analysis indicated that the differences among the groups were significant (P