Comparison Effectiveness of Transdiagnostic Treatment Unified and Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy in Eudaimonic Well-Being in Women Affected by Marital Infidelity

Extramarital relationships are one of difficulties and problems that are always considered a threat to spouses and one of the most important family and social harms during life. The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of transdiagnostic treatment unified and intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy in eudaimonic well-being in women affected by marital infidelity. A semi-experimental research method and a pre-test-post-test-follow-up design were used with a control group. The statistical population included all the women affected by marital infidelity in the city of Jam in the first six months of 2022 and the statistical sample consisted of 45 eligible and volunteer affected women who referred to the consulting center of Pazargad Non-Industrial Operations Company. These people were selected after initial evaluation were randomly assigned to two experimental groups (transdiagnostic treatment unified and intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy) and a control group (15 people in each group). Then, the intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy of 12 sessions and the transdiagnostic treatment unified group of 8 sessions underwent individual treatment, and the control group was placed on the waiting list. After the end of the treatment sessions, a post-test and a follow-up test were conducted after two months. The instrument for measuring was Questionnaire for Eudaimonic Well-Being (Waterman et al. 2010). Multivariate covariance analysis and SPSS-25 software were used to test the research hypotheses. The results showed that transdiagnostic treatment unified and intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy were effective in increasing eudaimonic well-being, and transdiagnostic treatment unified was more effective than intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy and this effect is permanent over time (P<05). Transdiagnostic treatment unified and intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy therapies are effective in increasing the virtue-oriented well-being of affected women and can be used in their counseling.