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Omidpour A, Shakerinia I, Akbari B. Comparing the Effectiveness of Emotion-Focused Therapy and Transdiagnostic Therapy on the Agreeableness of Women with Emotional Divorce. TB 2025; 24 (2) :45-58
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Comparing the Effectiveness of Emotion-Focused Therapy and Transdiagnostic Therapy on the Agreeableness of Women with Emotional Divorce
Arezoo Omidpour(Ph.D.s)1,Iraj Shakerinia(Ph.D.)2, Bahman Akbari(Ph.D.)3
1.Ph.D. Student in General Psychology, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran
2.Corresponding Author: Associate Professor Department of Psychology, Gilan University, Rasht, Iran
E-mail: irajeshakerinia@guilan.ac.ir Tel: +98-9111382679
3.Professor Department of Psychology, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran
Abstract
Introduction Emotional divorce is a type of separation in which a husband and wife live together under the same roof, but there is no love or affection between them. The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy and transdiagnostic therapy on the acceptability of women with emotional divorce.
Methods: The research method was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group and a 3-month follow-up period. The statistical population consisted of 110 women with emotional divorce who referred to psychological counseling centers in Rasht in 2023, from which a sample of 45 people was selected through purposive sampling and randomly assigned to three groups. Gottman's Emotional Divorce Questionnaire (2008) and Costa and McCrae's Agreeableness Questionnaire (1992) were used to collect data. Greenberg and Johnson's (1988) emotion-focused therapy protocol was implemented for one group and Barlow et al.'s (2011) transdiagnostic therapy protocol was implemented for the other experimental group. A repeated-measures analysis of variance was used to analyze the data.
Results The results showed that emotion-focused (P˂0/001 and Eta=0/899) and transdiagnostic (P˂0/001 and Eta=0/906) treatments were effective on the agreeableness of women with emotional divorce. On the other hand, transdiagnostic treatment had a greater effect on the agreeableness of women with emotional divorce than emotion-focused treatment (P˂0/001). The persistence of these results was maintained until the follow-up stage.
Conclusion: Based on the aforementioned findings, it can be concluded that the use of emotion-focused and transdiagnostic treatment content and guidelines is useful in increasing the acceptability of women with emotional divorce.
Keywords: Emotion-Focused Therapy, Transdiagnostic Therapy, Agreeableness, Emotional Divorce, Women
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2-Ramazanifar H, Kaldi A, Gadimi B. Analysis of factors affecting emotional divorce among married women in Tonekabon city. Journal of Women in Development and Politics. 2021; 19(2): 167-191.[Persian]
3-Sohrabi F, Mamsharifi P, Rafezi Z & et al. Predicting addiction readiness based on mental health, social support, and personality dimensions of neuroticism and agreeableness. Journal of Psychiatry. 2018; 6(6): 66-57.[Persian]
4-Radnia M, Dortaj F, Nasralahi B & et al. Presenting a model of wise adjustment in couples based on marital adjustment and sense of coherence with the mediating role of mindfulness. Scientific-Research Quarterly Journal of Islamic Lifestyle with a Health Focus. 2022; 6(2): 141-152.[Persian]
5-Akbarzadeh S, Zahrakar K. Predicting marital adjustment based on cognitive flexibility and self-compassion in couples. Journal of New Ideas in Psychology. 2022; 12(16): 1-18.[Persian]
6-Robinson MD, Irvin R, Fereidouni H, Klein R. Feelings as a currency of care: A role for agreeableness in emotional reactivity. National Library of Medicine. 2024; 93(3): 553-566.
7-Kebritchi A, Abolghasemi Sh, Shahriari-Ahmadi M. The effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy on cognitive flexibility and distress tolerance married women with social anxiety disorder. Journal of Psychological Science. 2024; 23(143): 97-113.[Persian]
8-Girard A, Woolley SR. Using emotionally focused therapy to treat sexual desire discrepancy in couples. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy. 2019; 43(8): 720-735.
9-Heydarie A, Egbal F. The relationship between difficulty in emotion regulation, attachment styles and intimacy with marital satisfaction in couples. Journal of New Findings in Psychology. 2019; 5(15): 115-134.[Persian]
10-Liu X, Cao J, Xie C. Finite-time and fixed-time bipartite consensus of multi-agent systems under a unified discontinuous control protocol. J Franklin Instit. 2019; 51(2): 256-274.
11-Mathersul DC, Byrne JM, Lau JJ & et al. Yoga versus transdiagnostic cognitive behavioural therapy for emotional disorders in community-dwelling adults: Study protocol for a non-inferiority randomised controlled trial. Advances in Integrative Medicine. 2025; Available online, 100484.
12-Prowse G, Conroy E, Mogensen L. Brief transdiagnostic group Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for acute inpatients with complex mental health conditions: A randomised pilot study using an active social control. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science. 2024; 33: 100821.
13-Pourhejazi M, Khalatbari J, Ghorban-Shiroudi SH & et al. The effectiveness of a transdiagnostic therapy training package based on the McMaster model, compassion-focused therapy, and mindfulness on emotional divorce and marital burnout in women with marital conflict. Journal of Social Health. 2020; 8(1): 65-77.[Persian]
14-Benuto LT, Farchione T, Cardona ND & et al. Exploring the Effectiveness of the Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders With Latinxs: A Record-Review Study at a Culturally Specific Clinic for Latinxs. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice. 2024; 31(4): 469-481.
15-Greenman PS, Campbell TL, Allan R. Corrigendum to Attachment, emotion, and change: Emotionally focused individual therapy (EFIT) within a process-based therapy (PBT) framework. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science 2024; 32: 100771.
16-Habibzadeh H, Shafiabadi A, Gamari M. Comparing the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy with self-regulatory couple therapy on reducing emotional divorce in couples. Journal of Women. 2020; 11(1): 43-63. [Persian]
17-Delavar A. Research Methods in Psychology and Educational Sciences. Tehran: Editorial Publications. 2024. [Persian]
18-Guttman D. Finding meaning in life, at midlife and beyond: wisdom and spirit from logo therapy (social and psychological issues: challenges and solutions). USA: Greenwood publishing group. 2008.
19-Costa PT, McCrae RR. The NEO-PI-3: A more readable revised neo personality inventory. Journal of Personality Assessment. 1992; 84(3): 261-270.
20-Rostami B, Saadati A, Mohamadi Aria A. The effectiveness of mindfulness training on psychological flexibility and agreeableness of students with low emotional intelligence. Journal of Disability Studies. 2022; 12(1): 1-9. [Persian]
21-Greenberg LS, Johnson SM. Emotionally focused therapy for couples: Guilford Press; 1988: 600-603.
22-Barlow DH, Ellard KK, Fairholme CP & et al The unified protocol for transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders: Client workbook. New York: Oxford University. 2011.
Arezoo Omidpour(Ph.D.s)1,Iraj Shakerinia(Ph.D.)2, Bahman Akbari(Ph.D.)3
1.Ph.D. Student in General Psychology, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran
2.Corresponding Author: Associate Professor Department of Psychology, Gilan University, Rasht, Iran
E-mail: irajeshakerinia@guilan.ac.ir Tel: +98-9111382679
3.Professor Department of Psychology, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran
Abstract
Introduction Emotional divorce is a type of separation in which a husband and wife live together under the same roof, but there is no love or affection between them. The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy and transdiagnostic therapy on the acceptability of women with emotional divorce.
Methods: The research method was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group and a 3-month follow-up period. The statistical population consisted of 110 women with emotional divorce who referred to psychological counseling centers in Rasht in 2023, from which a sample of 45 people was selected through purposive sampling and randomly assigned to three groups. Gottman's Emotional Divorce Questionnaire (2008) and Costa and McCrae's Agreeableness Questionnaire (1992) were used to collect data. Greenberg and Johnson's (1988) emotion-focused therapy protocol was implemented for one group and Barlow et al.'s (2011) transdiagnostic therapy protocol was implemented for the other experimental group. A repeated-measures analysis of variance was used to analyze the data.
Results The results showed that emotion-focused (P˂0/001 and Eta=0/899) and transdiagnostic (P˂0/001 and Eta=0/906) treatments were effective on the agreeableness of women with emotional divorce. On the other hand, transdiagnostic treatment had a greater effect on the agreeableness of women with emotional divorce than emotion-focused treatment (P˂0/001). The persistence of these results was maintained until the follow-up stage.
Conclusion: Based on the aforementioned findings, it can be concluded that the use of emotion-focused and transdiagnostic treatment content and guidelines is useful in increasing the acceptability of women with emotional divorce.
Keywords: Emotion-Focused Therapy, Transdiagnostic Therapy, Agreeableness, Emotional Divorce, Women
1-Feyzikhah F, Hassanzadeh R, Abasi GA. Comparing the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy with resilience training on the sense of personal coherence and emotional divorce in women seeking divorce. Journal of Social Health. 2021; 8(2): 152-166.[Persian]
2-Ramazanifar H, Kaldi A, Gadimi B. Analysis of factors affecting emotional divorce among married women in Tonekabon city. Journal of Women in Development and Politics. 2021; 19(2): 167-191.[Persian]
3-Sohrabi F, Mamsharifi P, Rafezi Z & et al. Predicting addiction readiness based on mental health, social support, and personality dimensions of neuroticism and agreeableness. Journal of Psychiatry. 2018; 6(6): 66-57.[Persian]
4-Radnia M, Dortaj F, Nasralahi B & et al. Presenting a model of wise adjustment in couples based on marital adjustment and sense of coherence with the mediating role of mindfulness. Scientific-Research Quarterly Journal of Islamic Lifestyle with a Health Focus. 2022; 6(2): 141-152.[Persian]
5-Akbarzadeh S, Zahrakar K. Predicting marital adjustment based on cognitive flexibility and self-compassion in couples. Journal of New Ideas in Psychology. 2022; 12(16): 1-18.[Persian]
6-Robinson MD, Irvin R, Fereidouni H, Klein R. Feelings as a currency of care: A role for agreeableness in emotional reactivity. National Library of Medicine. 2024; 93(3): 553-566.
7-Kebritchi A, Abolghasemi Sh, Shahriari-Ahmadi M. The effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy on cognitive flexibility and distress tolerance married women with social anxiety disorder. Journal of Psychological Science. 2024; 23(143): 97-113.[Persian]
8-Girard A, Woolley SR. Using emotionally focused therapy to treat sexual desire discrepancy in couples. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy. 2019; 43(8): 720-735.
9-Heydarie A, Egbal F. The relationship between difficulty in emotion regulation, attachment styles and intimacy with marital satisfaction in couples. Journal of New Findings in Psychology. 2019; 5(15): 115-134.[Persian]
10-Liu X, Cao J, Xie C. Finite-time and fixed-time bipartite consensus of multi-agent systems under a unified discontinuous control protocol. J Franklin Instit. 2019; 51(2): 256-274.
11-Mathersul DC, Byrne JM, Lau JJ & et al. Yoga versus transdiagnostic cognitive behavioural therapy for emotional disorders in community-dwelling adults: Study protocol for a non-inferiority randomised controlled trial. Advances in Integrative Medicine. 2025; Available online, 100484.
12-Prowse G, Conroy E, Mogensen L. Brief transdiagnostic group Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for acute inpatients with complex mental health conditions: A randomised pilot study using an active social control. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science. 2024; 33: 100821.
13-Pourhejazi M, Khalatbari J, Ghorban-Shiroudi SH & et al. The effectiveness of a transdiagnostic therapy training package based on the McMaster model, compassion-focused therapy, and mindfulness on emotional divorce and marital burnout in women with marital conflict. Journal of Social Health. 2020; 8(1): 65-77.[Persian]
14-Benuto LT, Farchione T, Cardona ND & et al. Exploring the Effectiveness of the Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders With Latinxs: A Record-Review Study at a Culturally Specific Clinic for Latinxs. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice. 2024; 31(4): 469-481.
15-Greenman PS, Campbell TL, Allan R. Corrigendum to Attachment, emotion, and change: Emotionally focused individual therapy (EFIT) within a process-based therapy (PBT) framework. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science 2024; 32: 100771.
16-Habibzadeh H, Shafiabadi A, Gamari M. Comparing the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy with self-regulatory couple therapy on reducing emotional divorce in couples. Journal of Women. 2020; 11(1): 43-63. [Persian]
17-Delavar A. Research Methods in Psychology and Educational Sciences. Tehran: Editorial Publications. 2024. [Persian]
18-Guttman D. Finding meaning in life, at midlife and beyond: wisdom and spirit from logo therapy (social and psychological issues: challenges and solutions). USA: Greenwood publishing group. 2008.
19-Costa PT, McCrae RR. The NEO-PI-3: A more readable revised neo personality inventory. Journal of Personality Assessment. 1992; 84(3): 261-270.
20-Rostami B, Saadati A, Mohamadi Aria A. The effectiveness of mindfulness training on psychological flexibility and agreeableness of students with low emotional intelligence. Journal of Disability Studies. 2022; 12(1): 1-9. [Persian]
21-Greenberg LS, Johnson SM. Emotionally focused therapy for couples: Guilford Press; 1988: 600-603.
22-Barlow DH, Ellard KK, Fairholme CP & et al The unified protocol for transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders: Client workbook. New York: Oxford University. 2011.
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Received: 2025/04/8 | Accepted: 2025/06/7 | Published: 2025/09/11
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