Comparison of the Effectiveness of Family Therapy Based on Schema Therapy and Bowen's Emotional System Therapy on Divorce Tendency Among Divorce Applicant Clients

This study set out to examine a comparison of the effectiveness of family therapy, based on Schema therapy and Bowen’s Emotion System therapy on divorce tendency among divorce applicant clients of Saghez city. The design of the study is as experimental and pre test and post test conducted on the control group. The data population included all of divorced applicant clients either self-referent or referred on behalf of courts to well-being and counseling agencies of Saghez city, one of the provinces of Kurdistan. 66 clients were selected at random from among the data population. Using the tools of Divorce tendency Inventory, the independent variables of divorce tendency was measured within divorce applicant clients (pre test) and in the end, based on random situation sampling, subjects were arranged in three 22-groups, then examine a comparison of the effectiveness of schema therapy and Bowen’s emotional system therapy on divorce tendency for 8 session-one hour. The results of Multi Analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) showed that the existence of a significant difference, between divorce applicant clients of experimental and evidence groups (p<0/0001). Therefore, hypothec concerning the effectiveness of schema therapy and Bowen’s Emotional System therapy on divorce tendency was confirmed. Also, the findings of the study showed that schema therapy and Bowen’s Emotion System therapy in the case of effectiveness on divorce tendency, Bowen Emotion System therapy is more effective than schema therapy.