The present study was conducted with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of emotion -oriented couple therapy and cognitive-behavioral couple therapy on reducing marital conflicts in couples who referred to family cultural centers in Isfahan.The present study was applicable in case of research and was semi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and control group in case of method. All couples with confli ct that referred to family cultural centers in Isfahan in 2013 consisted the statistical population of the present study. Among them, 15 couples were selected using available sampling method and were assigned into experimental and control group randomly. D ata were collected using Marital Conflict Questionnaire( Bagher Sanaee et al., 2000). Participants of experimental received eight 60-minute emotion-oriented therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy. The participants of control group received no intervention. After finishing the treatment, post-test was implemented. Data were analyzed using SPSS-18 and covariance analysis. The results of the study confirmed the assumptions of the research and showed emotion-oriented therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy reduced marital conflict in couples. Also, the results showed there is not a significant difference between the effectiveness of emotion -oriented therapy and cognitivebehavioral therapy on reducing marital conflict and the assumption of significant difference between these two approaches in case of effectiveness was rejected.

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