KMAN Publication Inc. (KMANPUB) Journal of Assessment and Research in Applied Counseling (JARAC) 2 Serial Number 5 2020 10 31 The Effectiveness of Communication Skills Training in Reducing Emotional Divorce of Women Affected by their Husbands' Infidelity The Effectiveness of Communication Skills Training in Reducing Emotional Divorce of Women Affected by their Husbands' Infidelity 78 86 10.61838/kman.jarac.2.3.6 EN Journal Article <p><strong>Aim</strong>: The present study aimed to examine the effectiveness of communication skills training in reducing emotional divorce of women affected by their husbands' infidelity. <strong>Methods</strong>: The present experimental study had a pretest-posttest design with the control group. The statistical population consisted of women affected by husbands' infidelity who visited a private clinic in Tehran. Among them, we selected 30 women as statistical samples using random sampling. We randomly assigned the participants into experimental (n=15) and control (n=15) groups. We implemented the Gottman Emotional Divorce Scale (EDS) (2008) on individuals at each stage of the pretest and posttest, and then analyzed the results using the analysis of covariance. <strong>Results</strong>: According to the results, there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups, and communication skill training was effective in reducing emotional divorce (P&lt;0.001, F= 49.12). <strong>Conclusion</strong>: Data analysis indicated that communication skill training had effects on reducing the emotional divorce of women under the influence of husbands' infidelity.</p> https://journals.kmanpub.com/index.php/jarac/article/download/37/31