Research Article
Lifestyle and Attachment Needs: Emotional-Focused Therapy Perspective
Siamak Samani, Nadereh Sohrabi
Middle East Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture; 1-4.
DOI: 10.36348/mejisc.2023.v03i01.001
The study’s main purpose was to check the effectiveness of the resilient marital relationship lifestyle to feed the attachment needs of young couples. To touch the research goal, an ABA single-subject design was used. The sample consisted of six young couples between 26 to 38 years old. The Resilient Marital Relationship Program (RMR Program) was used as an experimental intervention in this study. The RMR Program was designed to help Iranian young couples to cope with their marital conflicts by considering attachment needs. The RMR Program was focused on resilient beliefs, resilient lifestyles, resilient marital strategies, and, resilient marital techniques. The attachment needs scale, brief resilience scale, and healthy family life scale were used in this study. The intervention was run in 5 virtual space sessions with two virtual assessments for the first two stages (AB) and one for the second A stage of the design. Visual analysis and statistical Indexes revealed that attachment needs to improve after running the RMR Program. In sum, the RMR Program is an effective intervention for feeding the attachment needs of young couples.