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Family life is tied to numerous threats that could destroy it. One of these dangers is marital infidelity, which generates multiple problems and has diverse psychological effects on the affected individuals. One of the most significant impacts of marital infidelity is declined relationship quality and marital satisfaction; this condition could lead to the collapse of marital life and divorce if not intervened promptly. Therefore, it is required to design and select therapies to prevent the harmful effects of infidelity on families. Accordingly, this study aimed to compare the effects of Glasserchr('39')s Reality Therapy (RT) and Emotion–Focused Therapy (EFT) on betrayed women. 

This was a quasi–experimental study with two experimental groups and one control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of all betrayed married women who referred to the counseling centers of the Welfare Organization of Tehran City, Iran, in 2017. The study sample included 45 individuals. In the first step, sampling was conducted by a multistage cluster sampling method. Then, the study subjects were randomly selected from 5 districts (2, 7, 11, 16, 21) out of the 22 districts of Tehran. Then, 2 counseling centers were randomly selected from each of the selected regions. Besides, 45 betrayed women were selected by random sampling method and were randomly assigned to either one of the experimental groups 1 and 2, or the control group (n=15/group). Each experimental group received 8 sessions of Glasserchr('39')s RT or EFT. The research instruments included the Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (RDAS) (Busby et al., 1995), ENRICH Marriage Satisfaction Questionnaire (Olson et al., 1982), RT protocol (Abbasi et al., 2017), and EFT protocol (Bahrami et al., 2009). All study groups, before and after the end of the sessions and intervention, complemented the questionnaires. Finally, marital satisfaction and marital quality scores were compared. The obtained data were analyzed in SPSS by Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA).

The ANCOVA results indicated a significant difference in the scores of marital satisfaction and quality of marital relationships in both test groups, compared to the controls (p<0.001). The Eta squared value suggested that approximately 74% and 84% of the variance of the scores of quality of marital relations and marital satisfaction were respectively explained by the difference between the two provided interventions. Due to the significant difference between the posttest scores in the experimental and control groups, a two–way study of the significant difference between the three posttest scores of marital relationship quality and marital satisfaction was performed through pairwise comparisons (mean difference; primary–secondary) by Fisherchr('39')s Least Significant Difference (LSD) posthoc test. The LSD test data revealed no significant difference between the effects of Glaserchr('39')s RT and EFT on the quality of marital relationships in the posttest phase (p=0.374). However, there was a significant difference between the efficacy of RT and EFT on marital satisfaction at the posttest (p<0.001). 

EFT helps improve the damage of infidelity by alleviating attachment defects and regulating emotions. Moreover, RT provides such effects by emphasizing personal responsibility and recognizing the individual’s needs.

Family life is tied to many dangers that destroyed family life and family health. One of these dangers is marital infidelity, which has many problems and many psychological effects for someone who has been betrayed. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of two therapies, reality therapy and emotionally focused therapy on betrayed women in Tehran. The research design was quasi-experimental with two experimental groups and one control group. The community consisting of all married women who were betrayed and referred to counseling centers of the Behzisty organization of Tehran. A sample of 45 patients was randomly divided into three groups (Experiment 1, Experiment 2 and Control) and each group have 15 patients. The research instruments included marital quality questionnaire (Busby et al., 1995) and Enrich marriage satisfaction (Olson, Fornier, and Drackman, 1989). The statistical results indicated that both experimental groups had a significant difference compared to the control group. The results of multivariate covariance analysis also showed that there is a significant difference between the two groups in Glaser's therapeutic approach and Emotionally focused therapy on dependent variables. The results of the LSD test showed that there was no significant difference between the efficacy of Glaser's therapy and Emotionally focused therapy on marital quality in the post-test, but marital satisfaction score in EFT was higher than Glaser's therapeutic approach. Therefore, both treatments have been effective in increasing the marital quality and marital satisfaction, and emotion-focused therapy has been more effective in marital satisfaction than the Reality therapy.