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poor hoseini N. The effectiveness of counseling based on choice theory on women's intimacy Married. JNIP 2021; 10 (14)
URL: http://jnip.ir/article-1-602-en.html

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of counseling based on choice theory on the intimacy of married women. Method: The research was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest and control group with random assignment of subjects. The statistical population of the study includes all married female employees of Azad University, Science and Research Branch of Tehran in 1397 who were selected by available sampling method of 30 people and were randomly replaced in two groups. To measure marital intimacy, Bagarozi (2001) marital intimacy questionnaire was used, which has 43 items that assess the needs of intimacy and its dimensions (emotional, psychological, intellectual, sexual, physical, spiritual, aesthetic and socio-recreational). Gives. Etemadi (2005) calculated the total reliability of the questionnaire through Cronbach's alpha method of 0.93. In Khamseh and Hosseinian (2007) research, the reliability of the questionnaire using Cronbach's alpha has been reported to be 0.82. Results: The findings showed that theory-based counseling has been effective on the intimacy of married women. Conclusion: Therefore, based on the findings, counseling based on selection theory led to increased intimacy in women in the experimental group