Comparing the Effectiveness of Reality Therapy and Emotion-Focused Therapy on Irrational Beliefs and Dyadic Perfectionism in Women with Emotional Divorce

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1 MSc in Clinical Psychology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran

2 MSc in Clinical Psychology, Shahrood Branch, University of Science and Research, Shahrood, Iran

3 MSc in General Psychology, Gorgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan, Iran

Abstract

This study aimed to Comparing the Effectiveness of Reality Therapy and Emotion-Focused Therapy on Irrational Beliefs and dyadic perfectionism in Women with Emotional Divorce. The research method was a quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test with a control group and a 2-month follow-up period. The statistical population was women experiencing emotional divorce referring to family counseling centers in Gorgan in 2023. 45 people were selected through purposive sampling and randomly assigned to two experimental groups and a control group (15 people in each group). The research instruments were Jones's (1968) irrational beliefs questionnaire, Shea and Slaney's (1999) dyadic perfectionism questionnaire, and Gottman's (2008) emotional divorce questionnaire. Experimental group 1 received reality therapy, experimental group 2 received emotion-focused therapy in 8 60-minute sessions, but the control group did not receive any intervention. The research data were analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance and Bonferroni post hoc test using SPSS-26 software. The findings showed that reality therapy and emotion-focused therapy were effective in reducing irrational beliefs and dyadic perfectionism in women with emotional divorce (P<0.05). The results of the Bonferroni post hoc test showed that reality therapy was more effective (P<0.05). Accordingly, it can be concluded that reality therapy, by eliminating external control, paying attention to general and selected behavior to resolve conflicts in life, is a more effective and efficient method in reducing irrational beliefs and dyadic perfectionism and can be used by therapists in family interventions and, as a result, help improve marital relationships.

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Journal of Modern Psychological Researches
Volume 20, Issue 77
April 2025
Pages 195-207

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  • Receive Date: 08 October 2024
  • Revise Date: 14 November 2024
  • Accept Date: 17 November 2024

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