Comparing the Effectiveness of Reality Therapy and Emotion-Focused Therapy on the Symptoms of Love Trauma in women with Love Failure

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Ph.D. candidate of Psychology, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Ph.D. Associate professor, Faculty member, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Central Branch, Tehran, Iran.

3 Ph.D. Assistant professor, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

This research was conducted to compare the effectiveness of reality therapy and emotion-oriented therapy on the symptoms of love trauma in women with love failure. This study was a type of applied and quasi-test research using the pre-test-post-test plan with a follow-up test. The statistical population of the research was all the people who were referred to Aramandish and Chaman clinics in Tehran in 2022, 45 people were selected as a statistical sample based on purposeful sampling. 15 people were in group experiment 1 (reality therapy), 15 people were in experiment 2 (excitement) and 15 people were in the control group. The data collection tool was Love Trauma Inventory (LTI), Rosse (1999). Data analysis was done through the analysis of variance tests with repeated measures. The findings showed that reality therapy and emotion-oriented intervention have a significant effect on the symptoms of emotional failure. The results also showed that there is no significant difference between the two groups of experiments 1 and 2 (reality therapy and emotional therapy). Therefore, it can be concluded that both reality therapy and emotion-oriented interventions can be used for emotional failure syndromes.

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