Shenakht Journal of Psychology & Psychiatry

Introduction: understanding perspective is an active cognitive process in which people must overcome their self-centered perspective.
Aim: The aim of this study was to conducted with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of couples therapy based on self-discipline and acceptance and commitment on the husband's understanding point of view in married women.
Method: The present study is a semi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and follow-up with control group. All married women referring to counseling and psychotherapy centers in Bushehr in 2018-2019 formed the statistical population of the study, which was selected by purposeful sampling of 60 people and randomly assigned to three equal groups.Therapeutic interventions were applied during 8 sessions (1 session of 90 minutes per week) for each experimental group, but the control group did not receive any intervention. To collect the data, Long's wife's understanding perspective scale (1990) was used.  For data analysis, spss software version 26 and mixed variance analysis method were used.
Results: The results showed that both treatments based on self-discipline and acceptance and commitment were effective in increasing understanding in married women (P<0.01) and the effectiveness of two methods of couple therapy based on self-discipline and couple There was no significant difference between treatment based on acceptance and commitment on Fahmi's perspective in married women (P<0.05).
Conclusion: Couples therapy interventions based on self-discipline, acceptance and commitment can be available to family counselors as affordable and easy intervention programs with the aim of increasing understanding and the quality of marital relationship