fa تاثیر مشاوره طلاق مبتنی بر رویکرد گاتمن بر افزایش خودکارآمدی در مدیریت طلاق زوجین متقاضی طلاق روانشناسی Psychology Original Article <strong>Background:</strong> Today, couples applying for divorce need more self-efficacy in their divorce management. <span dir="RTL"></span><br> Self-efficacy in divorce management helps divorcing couples make the right decision to continue their married life or leave. The present study aimed to determine the effect of divorce counseling based on <em>Gottman</em><em>&#39;s</em> approach on self-efficacy in divorce management within couples who applied for divorce in Yazd.<span dir="RTL"></span><br> <strong>Methods:</strong> This quasi-experimental study was based on pre-test, post-test, and follow-up method in which the case-control group design was applied. The study population included all couples who applied for divorce in Yazd in 2017. We selected 32 participants using purposive sampling, who were then divided into experimental and control groups. In order to collect the study data, we used Zareei&#39;s self-efficacy questionnaire in divorce management. To analyze the data, we run multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), two-way analysis of variance, and repeated measurement tests. <span dir="RTL"></span><br> <strong>Results: </strong>The results of MANOVA analysis indicated that the experimental group used self-efficacy more frequently than the control group in divorce management and its subscales. Moreover, analysis of two-way variance showed that gender did not have a significant correlation with the training results. In other words, the effect of education was the same for both genders. Moreover, the results of repeated measurement analysis indicated significant differences between the levels (pre test with post test and follow up).<br> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> <em>Gottman</em>-based divorce counseling affected self-efficacy in divorce management of couples applying for divorce in Yazd. The effectiveness of this training was the same for both males and females. As a result, for those couples who want to divorce, such training seems to be extremely necessary.&nbsp;<span dir="RTL"></span> Divorce Counseling, Tendency to Divorce, Divorce Management, Gottman, Self-Efficacy 219 227 http://sbrh.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-50-3&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Hassan Zareei Mahmoodabadi zareei_h@yahoo.com 0000-0002-6511-9788 Yes Department of Psychology, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran. Fatemeh Zarei No Department of Sociology, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran.