effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in sexual self-efficacy and marital satisfaction among couples with marital conflicts

Background and objective: marital conflict is a type of lack of ongoing meaningful agreement between spouses. the present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on sexual self-efficacy and marital satisfaction in couples with marital conflicts. materials and methods: this quasi-experimental study was carried out on the intervention and control groups with a pretest/posttest design and follow-up. the study population consisted of 30 females who referred to counseling centers in district 1 of tehran, iran, in 2018 through simple random sampling. the participants were randomly divided into two groups, each with 15 members. the intervention group received mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, and the control group received no intervention. data collection tools were the questionnaires of sexual self-efficacy, marital satisfaction, and marital conflicts. the questionnaires were filled out by the participants before and after the intervention and 3 months later. the collected data were analyzed using repeated measurement analysis and analysis of covariance by spss software (version 22). results: the results of the study showed that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy led to increased sexual self-efficacy (p<0.033) and marital satisfaction (p<0.003) in the intervention group; however, in the control group, there was no significant difference in pretest, posttest and follow-up scores. conclusions: based on the results, it can be concluded that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy can improve sexual self-efficacy and marital satisfaction in couples with marital conflicts.