The Effect of Self-Compassion Training on Marital Intimacy and Marital Satisfaction in Married Female

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of self- compassion training on marital intimacy and marital satisfaction in married female. The method of this study is quasi-experimental,The study population included married female of Bu Ali Sina University of Hamedan.Using convenience sampling method, 40 subjects were selected,and wererandomly assigned in two experimental and control groups.The experimental group received self-compassion-based treatment andthe control group did not receive any intervention.In this study, data were colleced using Enrich Marital Satisfaction (1989) and Bagarozi Marital Intimacy questionnaire (2001). Data were analyzed using Multivariate and Univariate Analysis of Covariance. Findings showed that self-compassion-based training was effective in increasing the level of marital intimacy, components of psychological intimacy, emotional intimacy, sexual intimacy, physical intimacy and social intimacy.Self-compassion training was also effective in increasing marital satisfaction and the components of marital relationship, marriage and children, relatives, and religious orientation. Therefore, self-compassion training increases marital intimacy and marital satisfaction.