Investigating the effects of couple therapy and interpersonal therapy on couples’ sexual tendency

The present study was conducted for the purpose of investigating the effects of couple therapy and short-term interpersonal therapy on couples’ sexual tendency. It is an experimental study with a pretest-post-test design. The population of the study constituted all volunteer couples based on the standards. The sample included 20 couples (10 couples in experimental group and 10 couples in control group) who were selected by the random sampling method. The experimental group participated in eight sessions of couple therapy, while the control group did not receive any intervention. The instrument used was the Halbert sexual tendency questionnaire that both groups completed as pre-and post-test in two stages. The results showed (p-value > 0.05) lack of significance in the index of couples’ intimacy. But there was a significant difference between the gain scores of the experimental and control groups in pre-test and post-test. Moreover, the findings indicated that short-term couple therapy and interpersonal therapy had an effect on couple intimacy, therefore, the information could be used for clinical and treatment interventions and increased couples’ intimacy or prevent its decrease.