Emotion-Focused Couple-Based Interventions on Wives Emotional Abuse and Marital Satisfaction

H. El-Amrosy, Sabah; E. Nady, Sabah; I. EL Berry, Kariema

doi:10.21608/ejhc.2021.139799

Emotion-Focused Couple-Based Interventions on Wives Emotional Abuse and Marital Satisfaction

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Assist.Prof. of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University, Egypt

² Lecturer of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University, Egypt

³ Lecturer of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University, Egypt

10.21608/ejhc.2021.139799

Abstract

Background: Emotional abuse is a serious type of abuse and comprises a large part of
many couples’ lives. Marital relationship is in every society and is well-known as one of the
most important resources in human relationships. Emotional Abuse Behaviors and marital
satisfaction among married couples might be affected by an emotionally focused intervention.
Emotionally focused intervention for couples gives a chance for wives and husbands to achieve
adequate Foresight for their relationship of marriage and emotionally empower them to handle
their problems Aim: The study aimed to evaluate the effect of emotion-focused couple-based
interventions on the wives’ emotional abuse and marital satisfaction Design: A quasi
experimental research design with a pretest-posttest was used to achieve the aim of the study.
Setting: This study was conducted at the MCH center at El-Batanoon, Shebin EL-Kom,
Menoufia Governorate, Egypt. Sample: sample was 50 couples (100 participants). Data
collection: Three tools were used; Structured interview questionnaire, Gottman emotional
abuse scale, and marital satisfaction Scale. Results: Revealed that there is a highly statistically
significant difference in all marital satisfaction dimensions as emotional satisfaction, sexual
satisfaction, general satisfaction, economical, time spending satisfaction, and total marital
satisfaction score pre and post the emotionally focused interventions at (p-value = 0.001). Also,
there is a highly significant reduction in emotional abuse post the emotionally focused
interventions at p = 0.001 Conclusion: according to the results of the study, it was determined
that the Emotion-focused couple-based interventions help reduce the wives' emotional abuse
and improving marital satisfaction. Recommendations: Based on the findings of the present
study, implementation of the Emotion-focused couple-based interventions in the routine
treatments of Community Centers help reduce the wives' emotional abuse and improving
marital satisfaction

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