Effectiveness Rational Emotional and Behavioral Couple Therapy (REBT) On Increasing Couples' Marital Satisfaction and Psychological Well-Being and Reduction of Irrational Beliefs Using Emotional Intelligence (EQ)

Abstract

Present study evaluates the effectiveness of marital therapy, rational-emotional - behavioral (REBT) through the mediation of emotional intelligence (EQ) in reducing irrational beliefs and increase their marital satisfaction and psychological well-being of couples. In a recent research a group of students participated married Tehran Psychi- atric Institute on all forms of emotional intelligence and mental satisfaction and psychological well-being irrational beliefs was at the beginning, after evaluating EI wives and scale (EQ-time-ren) Married students into two groups, couples compatible (high emotional intelligence) and couples discordant (low emotional intelligence) and on the division of marital satisfaction on the basis of marital satisfaction scale program couple intervention were treated. Thus, the population of twenty couples into two groups based on emotional intelligence scale compatible couples (10 couples) and incompatible couples (10 couples) agree that rational-emotional intervention of couple therapy - treatment (REBT) On them and a control group (10 couples) that no intervention is done on their effectiveness Rational emotional and behavioral couple therapy (REBT) On increasing couples' marital satisfaction and psycho- logical well-being reduction of irrational beliefs using emotional intelligence (EQ) were studied, that results demonstrated the effectiveness of marital therapy, rational-emotional - behavior and irrational beliefs reduction and increased marital satisfaction and psychological well-being of couples.