Comparison of the Effectiveness of Power Regulation Training in the Family with the Effectiveness of Reality Therapy Method on Control Methods and Emotional Experience towards Husband in Married Women of Isfahan City

The purpose of this research was to compare theeffectiveness of power regulation training in the family with theeffectiveness of the choice theory method on control methods andemotional experience towards the spouse in married women withmarital conflicts. This research was a semi-experimentaltype with a pre-test, post-test and follow-up design. The statisticalpopulation was women of Isfahan city. The sample included 60women with marital conflicts who were selected in an availableform; And they were randomly assigned in three reality therapygroups, power regulation group and control group. While the controlgroup was on the waiting list, the experimental groups received 8ninety-minute sessions of reality therapy and power regulationtraining. The research tools were methods of control (Yousefi, 2016)and emotional experience towards your spouse (Yousefi, 2014). Allthree groups were evaluated in three phases: pre-test, post-test andfollow-up. The collected data were analyzed using descriptivestatistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics(variance analysis with repeated measures); Statistical calculationswere done using SPSS version 23 software. The results showed that both methods were effective inimproving control methods and emotional experience towards thespouse (P=0.05). The results of the Bonferroni test showed that thepower adjustment method had a greater effect than reality therapy.According to these results, it can be said that the method ofregulating power in the family is a suitable method for improvingthe methods of control and emotional experience towards thespouse.