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Comparison of the Effectiveness of Metacognitive Therapy with Emotion-Focused Therapy on Fear of Intimacy and Social Intimacy in Divorced Women

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Quasi-experimental design improved social intimacy in divorced women, suggesting beneficial therapeutic methods.

Both metacognitive and emotion-focused therapy significantly reduced fear of intimacy in divorced women, and improved social intimacy levels.
Participants receiving metacognitive therapy displayed greater improvements in social intimacy compared to those receiving emotion-focused therapy.
The study employed a quasi-experimental design with pretest, posttest, and follow-up over 10 sessions with 60 divorced women from Shiraz.
These findings call for family and marital therapists to consider these therapeutic methods for supporting divorced women.

Faela et al. (2025) studied this question.

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