Abstract Emotionally focused couple therapy (EFT) is an empirically validated attachment based approach to couple therapy. From an EFT perspective, sexual functioning is viewed within the context of an attachment bond, but sexual satisfaction in EFT has not been empirically tested. We examined self-reported sexual satisfaction across 24 months in a sample of 32 couples who received an average of 21 EFT sessions. We found that sexual satisfaction increased across six time points from pre to post therapy and across follow-up (6, 12, 18, and 24 months), and that decreases in attachment avoidance from pre to post therapy predicted increases in sexual satisfaction across time. These findings provide evidence that EFT may help couples improve their sexual satisfaction by reducing attachment avoidance in therapy.

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为期两年的随访研究中情感聚焦夫妻治疗的依恋变化和性满意度结果

摘要 情感聚焦夫妻疗法 (EFT) 是一种经过实证验证的基于依恋的夫妻疗法。从 EFT 的角度来看，性功能是在依恋关系的背景下看待的，但 EFT 中的性满足尚未经过实证检验。我们在平均接受 21 次 EFT 会话的 32 对夫妇的样本中检查了 24 个月内自我报告的性满意度。我们发现，从治疗前到治疗后以及整个随访期间（6、12、18 和 24 个月）的六个时间点，性满意度增加，治疗前后依恋回避的减少预测了性满意度随时间的增加. 这些发现提供的证据表明，EFT 可以通过减少治疗中的依恋回避来帮助夫妻提高性满意度。