1Assistant Professor; Department of Psychology, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran
2Ph. D. Student; Department of Counseling, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran
3Assistant Professor; Department of Counseling, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran
*Corresponding Author: Abdollah Moatamedy, Department of Psychology, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran Email: a-moatamedy@yahoo.com
Online published on 3 April, 2018.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of couple therapy based on the ecological model in reducing marital conflicts in couples referred to the Dispute Resolution Council and Welfare Intervention Centers in the province Markazi. The population of study were all couples who have been seeking to receive counseling regarding marital conflicts and the sample of study consisted of 30 couples (15 persons as the experimental group and 15 persons as the control group) who were divided randomly in two groups. Fallazadeh and Sanaee's (2012) questionnaire were used to measure couple conflict and reliability and stability of the questionnaire were confirmed. The results showed that couple-therapy by the use of the ecological model has a positive effect on marital conflicts, and consultants of consulting centers attempt to resolve couples’ problems by the use of the ecological model.
Couple-therapy, ecological, tendency for divorce, family preservation
