none 10.18502/qjcr.v22i82.10112 Knowledge E DMCC Knowledge E DMCC 7770 138932820 421209 2013 10.18502 2024-12-17T12:05:03Z 2022-07-19T02:48:25Z 0 Journal of Counseling Research QJCR 2717-4018 2717-400X 07 19 2022 Zahra Farazi Ebrahim Namani Hamid Nejat Mohammadreza Safarian Aim: The present study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of combining contextual and structural family therapies on cohesion and coping strategies of couples with marital dissatisfaction. Methods: This ‎experimental ‎research study utilized a pretest-‎posttest and two-month follow-‎up, with ‎control group design. The research population consisted of all couples with marital dissatisfaction who referred to family counseling centers in city of Birjand during the first 6 months of 2019. Furthermore, 20 couples with marital dissatisfaction were selected as the participants of the study using convenience and purposive sampling and were randomly assigned to either the experimental or control groups (10 couples in each group). The experimental group received the treatment for ten 90-minute weekly ‎sessions and the control group received no intervention during this time. The research instruments included the Lazarus and Folkman (1988) Coping Strategies Questionnaire and The Olson, Portner and Levy (1996) Cohesion Questionnaire, which were administered to the participants in the pretest, post-test and follow-up. To analyze the data, repeated-measures ‎ANOVA‎ was used. Results: The research findings demonstrated that the combination of contextual and structural family therapies was effective regarding cohesion and coping strategies of couples with marital unsatisfaction. It should be noted that the persistence of the treatment effect was maintained after two months (p<0.05). Conclusion: Based on the findings of the study, it can be concluded that the combination of contextual and structural family therapies increased cohesion and problem-oriented coping strategies of maladjusted couples in the experimental group, compared to the control group. 07 17 2022 10.18502/qjcr.v22i82.10112 https://publish.kne-publishing.com/index.php/QJCR/article/view/10112 https://publish.kne-publishing.com/index.php/QJCR/article/download/10112/10407 https://publish.kne-publishing.com/index.php/QJCR/article/download/10112/10407 https://irancounseling.ir/journal/article-1-1504-en.html https://publish.kne-publishing.com/index.php/QJCR/article/view/10112