TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy on Marital
Satisfaction and Women’s Extramarital Relations
AU - Ghashghaei, Fahime AU - Rostami, Najmieh AU - Ahmadi, Ali-Reza 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 12
IS  - 4
SP  - 639
EP  - 646
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2017.639.646
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2017.639.646
KW  - Cognitive-behavioral therapy
KW  -marital satisfaction
KW  -extramarital relationship
KW  -women
KW  -psychology
AB  - Extramarital relationship is the main issue in the family which still remains a topic of interest for many
researchers, particularly in the field of sociology and psychology. Objective of the present study is to
investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy on marital satisfaction and extramarital relation
in married women with out of marriage relations. In this study, a quasi-experimental method (pretest and
posttest with control group) was used. Therefore, 30 women with extramarital relation were given Derigotas
questionnaire and marital satisfaction questionnaire (ENRICH) that were the instruments of measurement in this
study. The experimental group received training for 11 sessions with cognitive-behavioral approach. In order
to analyze data the multivariate analysis of covariance and Pearson correlation were used. Results showed that
cognitive-behavioral therapy had a significant effect on marital satisfaction, dimensions of marital satisfaction
and extramarital relation. In addition, there was a significant relationship between marital and extramarital
relationship.
ER  -