Effects of Group Narrative Therapy on Feeling ofInferiority and Attachment Styles in Married WomenExperienced Marital Infidelity

Background: marital infidelity damages marriage and increases the tensions between couples.the present study aims to evaluate the effect of group narrative therapy on feeling of inferiorityand attachment styles in married women experienced marital infidelity.methods: this is a quasi-experimental study with a pretest/posttest design using a control group.the study population consists of all women experienced marital infidelity referred to peidayeshcounseling center in mashhad, iran. of these, 40 eligible women were selected using a conveniencesampling method and assigned into intervention (n=20) and control (n=20) groups. data collectiontools were hazan and shaver (1986)’s adult attachment questionnaire and eysenck (1988)’sinferiority questionnaire. group narrative therapy was performed in the intervention group at 7sessions while the control group did not receive any intervention. data analysis was performed byunivariate and multivariate analysis of covariance in spss software, v. 22.results: group narrative therapy had significant effects on feeling of inferiority and all threesecure, avoidant and ambivalent attachment styles (p=0.001).conclusion: group narrative therapy can reduce feelings of inferiority and avoidant andambivalent attachments and increase secure attachment in women experienced marital infidelity.this method can be used to improve psychological problems of these women.