en روان شناسی تربیتی Educational Psychology پژوهشي Original <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#3366ff;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:2;"><b>Objective:</b> The increase in extramarital relationships in recent years has become one of the most significant social problems, leading to family breakdown, divorce, and reduced mental health in society. The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy on forgiveness among women affected by extramarital relationships.<br> <b>Methods:</b> This semi-experimental study was conducted using a pre-test&ndash;post-test design with a control group and a two-month follow-up stage. The statistical population consisted of women affected by extramarital relationships who had referred to psychology clinics in Tehran. Among them, 30 participants were selected through convenience sampling and based on their willingness to participate in the study. Data were collected using the Forgiveness Questionnaire by Thompson et al. (2005). The experimental group underwent six weekly 90-minute EMDR intervention sessions, while the control group did not receive any intervention. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 26 and repeated-measures analysis of variance. The significance level was set at 0.05.<br> <b>Results:</b> The results indicated that EMDR therapy had a significant effect on increasing forgiveness among women affected by extramarital relationships (p < 0.05).<br> <b>Conclusions:</b> Based on the findings, EMDR can be used as an effective approach in treating psychological harm caused by extramarital relationships.</span></span></span></span></div> Eye Movement Desensitization, Forgiveness, Extramarital Relationships, Women 0 0 http://ieepj.hormozgan.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1032-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Masoumeh Bekhanoodeh Bekhanoudeh@gmail.com 100319475328460011391 100319475328460011391 No Department of Psychology, Ka.C., Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran Nahid Havasi Soumar 3379677221@iau.ir 100319475328460011392 100319475328460011392 Yes Department of Psychology, Ka.C., Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran Mohammad Ali Besharat Bekhanoudeh13@gmail.com 100319475328460011393 100319475328460011393 No Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Mohammad Javad Ahmadizadeh Bekhanoudeh139@gmail.com 100319475328460011394 100319475328460011394 No Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Lifestyle Research Institute, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Marjan Hosseinzadeh Taghvaei Bekhanoudeh1398@gmail.com 100319475328460011395 100319475328460011395 No Department of Psychology, Ka.C., Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran