Comparing the Effectiveness of the Educational Program Based on the Causal Model of Emotional Divorce Tendency and Schema Therapy on Marital Vitality

 The purpose of this research was to compare the effectiveness of the educational program based on the causal model of tendency to emotional divorce and schema therapy on marital vitality. 

The research was conducted with a semi-experimental design using a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the research included all couples (regular households of men and women) in Kermanshah city in 2019. Purposive sampling, 30 couples were randomly assigned to 2 experimental and control groups. The data collection tools were Gutman's emotional divorce questionnaires (2008) and Tagrian's marital happiness questionnaires (2007). Data analysis was done using SPSS software and through covariance analysis model. 

 The results showed that schema therapy and educational program derived from the model are effective on couples' marital vitality (P<0.05). The results of the comparison between the two programs showed that the training program derived from the model with the control group was at the same level (P<0.01), the training program was derived from the model with the schema therapy program at the level (P<0.01) and between the schema therapy training program There is a significant difference with the control group at the level (P<0.01). 

 Based on the obtained results, the educational program based on the causal model of the tendency to divorce can be used in counseling and psychology centers.