Comparison of the Effectiveness of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy(EFCT) and Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy(IBCT) In Restructuring Communication Patterns in Couples With Marital Conflict

Emotion Focused Couple Therapy and Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy are treatments that has a focused on the negative cycles of interaction caused from deep emotional vulnerability. The current research administrated aim to Comparison of the Effectiveness of Integrative Approaches, Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy and Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy In Restructuring Communication Patterns  in Couples With Marital Conflict. The statistical population of the study included all couples referring to Ahvaz city Mehrvaran Psychological Clinic. The research sample was selected using purposeful sampling method, which included 6 couples (12 persons) from the Couples referred  to  the clinic, which according to the marital adjustment questionnaire score were distributed among the distracted couples. Non-congruent multiple baseline experimental single case study was used as the method of the present study. The emotion focused couple Therapy and Integrative behavioral couple therapy Protocol was carried out Two to four stages of the base line of intervention, 16 session treatment of 60 minutes and 2 month follow-up by using the Communication Patterns Questionnaire(CPQ) evaluated. Data analyzed with visuals inspection(CDC), reliable change index(RCI) and improvement percentage  strategies. Results showed that emotion focused couple Therapy efficacy more than Therapy Integrative behavioral couple therapy on the Communication Patterns variables. The rate of improvement of the conflicting couples's emotion focused group in the Communication Patterns variable in the post-treatment and follow-up stage was 50.66 and 53.27 and in the Integrative Behavioral group in the post-treatment and follow-up stages of 38.80 and 41.21 percent. The explanation of the findings suggests that emotion focused couple Therapy efficacy more than Therapy Integrative behavioral couple therapy in Magnitude, Universally and stability of changes