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September 18, 2025Practice in Clinical PsychologyOpen Access

Compassion-focused Therapy Effectively Reduces Self-criticism, Negative Thoughts, and Enhances Forgiveness in Women Post-marital infidelity

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ZGZahra GhafariIslamic Azad University, Ahvaz Branch MHMehdi HoseinzadehUniversity of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences MHMaryam Alsadat HashemipourGeorge Washington University

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This quasi-experimental study shows compassion-focused therapy reduces self-criticism and negative thoughts in women post-infidelity, suggesting improved psychological well-being.

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Compassion-focused therapy significantly improves forgiveness in women after marital infidelity, reducing self-criticism and negative thoughts.
Women who received compassion-focused therapy showed a large effect size, with forgiveness improvement of ηp2=0.71 and self-criticism reduction of ηp2=0.78.
The study employed a quasi-experimental design with a control group, including 30 women affected by marital infidelity in Ahvaz City.
Results indicate that compassion-focused therapy effectively promotes psychological well-being among women, addressing issues stemming from infidelity.

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Ghafari et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d462d231b076d99fa6247c https://doi.org/10.32598/jpcp.13.4.1069.1

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This quasi-experimental study shows compassion-focused therapy reduces self-criticism and negative thoughts in women post-infidelity, suggesting improved psychological well-being.

Compassion-focused Therapy Effectively Reduces Self-criticism, Negative Thoughts, and Enhances Forgiveness in Women Post-marital infidelity

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Compassion-focused Therapy Effectively Reduces Self-criticism, Negative Thoughts, and Enhances Forgiveness in Women Post-marital infidelity

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