Due to limited of comparative studies on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), as an objective approach, and Existential Therapy (ET), as a subjective approach, on marital relationship, the current study investigates the efficacy of these two types of group psychotherapy on marital satisfaction in women. Hence, the main objects of this study are: comparative study on the efficacy of ET and CBT on marital satisfaction, stability of the intervention after 2 months, and assessing the mechanisms of changes. 16 eligible women who enrolled in the study were randomly assigned to ET or CBT groups. They were requested to fill out the marital satisfaction questionnaire (MSQ) at three stages: pre-treatment, post-treatment and after 2-month follow-up. Repeated measures ANOVA was conducted to analyze the data. The results show that there are statistically significant differences between the pre- and post-treatment and pre-treatment and follow-up in both interventions (p < 0.05), while the comparative investigation of the post treatment and follow-up results in both groups reveals no significant difference (p > 0.05). Finally, although both treatment groups do exert a significant improvement on marital satisfaction (F = 89.423, p < 0.05), but the mechanisms of the changes in subscales, including “Attraction”, “Rapport”, “Attitude” and “Investment”, are different. The follow-up results show that CBT and ET have stable influences on marital satisfaction. Despite the limited number of participants, in both approaches the subscales changes are significant over time. Marital satisfaction in CBT is enhanced by greater improvements in “Rapport” and “Attraction” between the couples, but in ET it occurs more through the enhancement of “Attitude” and “Investment”.

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女性婚姻满意度的认知行为疗法和存在疗法：疗效、稳定性和变化机制的比较研究

由于对作为客观方法的认知行为疗法（CBT）和作为主观方法的存在疗法（ET）在婚姻关系方面的比较研究有限，本研究调查了这两种团体心理疗法对婚姻关系的疗效。女性的满足感。因此，本研究的主要目的是：比较研究ET和CBT对婚姻满意度的影响，2个月后干预的稳定性，以及评估变化的机制。参加研究的 16 名符合条件的女性被随机分配到 ET 或 CBT 组。他们被要求在三个阶段填写婚姻满意度问卷（MSQ）：治疗前、治疗后和2个月后的随访。进行重复测量方差分析以分析数据。结果显示，两种干预措施治疗前后及治疗前与随访均存在统计学差异（p < 0.05），而两组治疗后与随访结果的比较研究显示无显着差异（p > 0.05）。最后，虽然两个治疗组确实对婚姻满意度有显着改善（F = 89.423，p < 0.05），但分量表的变化机制，包括“吸引力”、“融洽”、“态度”和“投资”，是不同的。随访结果表明，CBT和ET对婚姻满意度有稳定的影响。尽管参与者数量有限，但在这两种方法中，分量表的变化都随着时间的推移而显着。