en روان شناسی تکاملی Evolutionary Psychology پژوهشي Original <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#3300ff;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:2;"><b>Objective</b>: The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral couple therapy and Gottman couple therapy on marital satisfaction and problem solving styles of couples.<br> <b>Methods</b>: The statistical population is all the referrals to the counseling and psychological services center in Mohr and Lamard cities in Fars province, Iran. Participants were 45 people that randomly selected and randomly assigned to cognitive-behavioral couple therapy group (15 people), Gottman couple therapy group (15 people) and control group (15 people). The ENRICH Marital Satisfaction (EMS) Scale was used to measure marital satisfaction and Cassidy and Long (1996) Problem-solving style questionnaire was used to measure problem solving styles. In order to analyze data, the mean and standard deviation were calculated in the descriptive statistics part and multivariate covariance analysis method was used in the inferential statistics part.<br> <b>Results</b>: According to the results, cognitive behavioral couple therapy had a significant effect on marital satisfaction and problem solving styles. Also, results indicated that Gottman couple therapy had a significant effect on marital satisfaction and problem solving styles.<br> <b>Conclusions</b>: According to the results there is a significant difference between two interventions in problem solving styles but there is no significant difference between two approaches.</span></span></span></span></div> Cognitive-behavioral couple therapy, Gottman couple therapy, Marital satisfaction, Problem solving styles 253 266 http://ieepj.hormozgan.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-596-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 S. Abdulmajid Mosavi majid.mosamavi.psy@gmail.com 10031947532846008939 0009-0009-4712-4718 No PhD Student, Department of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University , Ahvaz, Iran Parvin Ehteshamzadeh p_ehtesham85@yahoo.com 10031947532846008940 10031947532846008940 Yes Department of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University , Ahvaz, Iran Behnam Makvandi makvandi_b@yahoo.com 10031947532846008941 10031947532846008941 No Department of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University , Ahvaz, Iran Reza Pasha dr.reza_pasha@yahoo.com 10031947532846008942 10031947532846008942 No Department of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University , Ahvaz, Iran Saeed Bakhtiaripoor dr.saeed_bakhtiaripoor@yahoo.com 10031947532846008943 10031947532846008943 No Department of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University , Ahvaz, Iran