Effectiveness of Self-Healing Training on Emotional Regulation and love trauma in Men and Women Experiencing Marital Infidelity

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Ph.D student of counseling, Department of counseling, Ro.C., Islamic Azad university, Rudehen, Iran

2 Associate professor, department of counselling, Ro.C., Islamic azad university, roudehen, Iran

3 Associate professor, department of psychology, To.C., Islamic azad university, tonkabon, Iran

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of self-healing training on motional regulation and Love Trauma in men and women who had experienced marital infidelity.
Methods:  The present study was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design and a control group. The statistical population of this research was all women and men with the experience of infidelity who referred to counseling centers in the 1st district of Tehran in 2023-2024, that according to the purpose of the research, among them 30 people 15 people for each group (self-healing treatment and control group) were selected throug purposefully and available sampeling method And then they were randomly assigned in two groups. To collect information, Ross' (1999) Love Trauma Questionnaire and Gross and John (2003) cognitive regulation of emotion questionnaire were used. The data were analyzed by MANCOVA using SPSS21 software.
Results: The results indicated that self-healing training had a significant effect on reducing Love Trauma scores and increasing Emotion Regulation scores (p < .005).
Conclusion: Self-healing training can be considered an effective approach to reducing Love Trauma and enhancing Emotion Regulation in individuals with a history of infidelity.

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Journal of Family Relations Studies
Volume 6, Issue 3 - Serial Number 22
September 2026
Pages 9-15

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  • Receive Date: 01 September 2024
  • Revise Date: 28 May 2025
  • Accept Date: 03 June 2025

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