The effect of behavioral couple’s therapy to decreasing exposure violence among women substance abusers

Specific treatment for substance abuse which is supported by experimental is behavioral couple therapy. Participating couples with substance abuse in behavioral couple therapy program has brought positive effects for them and to reduce drug abuse and led improve her family problems. The aim of this study was the effect of behavioral couple’s therapy to reduce exposure to violence among women substance abusers. The design of this study was experimental with pre-test, post-test and fallow up with control group. This study population included all couples that had referred to cessation clinic for substance abuse. 20 couples were selected and randomly divided into two groups as experiment and control. Research instrument include scale of violence against women and structured interview by clinical centers psychiatrist. in order to analyze the resulted data, univariate analysis of covariance and multivariate analysis of covariance analyzing method is used along with SPSS-16. The results showed that there was a significant difference in exposure to violence between two groups. In addition, these results have been consistent in follow up period. The acquired results revealed that behavioral couple’s therapy was effect in reducing exposure to violence.