Table 5.
The intimacy-enhancing interventions in different dimensions
| Dimension | Intervention | Authors |
|---|---|---|
| Emotional intimacy | Communication skill | Hosseinian (2012), Mazlomi (2012) |
| Relationship Therapy | Etemadi (2014) | |
| Relationship enhancement program | Ebrahimi (2011) | |
| Marital enrichment | Oulia (2006), Bahrami (2009) | |
| Solution-focused couples therapy | Hajian (2013) | |
| Solution-Focused Group Counseling | Hosseini (2013) | |
| Cognitive-behaviour couple therapy | Etemadi (2006) | |
| Training of Islamic Lifestyle | Rezaei (2013) | |
| Emotional focused couple therapy | Soltani (2013), Asadpour (2012) | |
| (narrative therapy) | Mohamadi (2013) | |
| Psychological intimacy | Communication skill | Hosseinian (2012), Mazlomi (2012) |
| Relationship enhancement program | Ebrahimi (2011) | |
| Marital enrichment | Oulia (2006), Bahrami (2009) | |
| Solution-focused couples therapy | Hajian (2013) | |
| Solution-Focused Group Counseling | Hosseini (2013) | |
| Cognitive-behavior couple therapy | Etemadi (2006) | |
| Training of Islamic Lifestyle | Rezaei (2013) | |
| Emotional focused couple therapy | Soltani (2013), Asadpour (2012) | |
| Problem Solving Training | Zarepour (2010) | |
| Physical intimacy | Communication skill | Hosseinian (2012), Mazlomi (2012) |
| Relationship enhancement program | Ebrahimi (2011) | |
| Relationship Therapy | Etemadi (2014) | |
| Problem Solving Training | Zarepour (2010) | |
| Solution-focused couples therapy | Hajian (2013) | |
| Training of Islamic Lifestyle | Rezaei (2013) | |
| Emotional focused couple therapy | Soltani (2013), Asadpour (2012) | |
| Sexual intimacy | Communication skill | Hosseinian (2012), Mazlomi (2012 |
| Relationship enhancement program | Ebrahimi (2011) | |
| Solution-focused couples therapy | Hajian (2013) | |
| Solution-Focused Group Counseling | Hosseini (2013) | |
| Cognitive-behavior couple therapy | Etemadi (2006) | |
| Training of Islamic Lifestyle | Rezaei (2013) | |
| Islamic couple therapy | Hosseini Zand (2013) | |
| Sex education | Shakarami (2014), Salimi (2012), Khanjani veshki (2012) | |
| Attachment-based couple therapy | Botlani (2010) | |
| Emotional focused couple therapy | Soltani (2013), Asadpour (2012) | |
| Training Positive Thinking | Nasiri Nejad (2014) | |
| Temporal intimacy | Emotional focused couple therapy | Soltani (2013) |
| Communication skill | Mazlomi (2012) | |
| Solution-Focused Group Counseling | Hosseini (2013) | |
| Communicational intimacy | Relationship enhancement program | Ebrahimi (2011) |
| Solution-focused couples therapy | Hajian (2013) | |
| Marital enrichment | Oulia (2006), Bahrami (2009) | |
| Training of Islamic Lifestyle | Rezaei (2013) | |
| Emotional focused couple therapy | Soltani (2013), Asadpour (2012) | |
| (narrative therapy) | Mohamadi (2013) | |
| Social-Recreational intimacy | Communication skill | Hosseinian (2012), Mazlomi (2012) |
| Relationship enhancement program | Ebrahimi (2011) | |
| Marital enrichment | Oulia (2006), Bahrami (2009) | |
| Emotionally focused couple therapy | Asadpour (2012) | |
| Training of Islamic Lifestyle | Rezaei (2013) | |
| Aesthetic intimacy | Communication skill | Mazlomi (2012) |
| Spiritual intimacy | Communication skill | Hosseinian (2012), Mazlomi (2012) |
| Relationship enhancement program | Ebrahimi (2011) | |
| Marital enrichment | Oulia (2006), Bahrami (2009) | |
| Emotionally focused couple therapy | Asadpour (2012) | |
| Training of Islamic Lifestyle | Rezaei (2013) | |
| Intellectual intimacy | Communication skill | Hosseinian (2012), Mazlomi (2012) |
| Relationship enhancement program | Ebrahimi (2011) | |
| Marital enrichment | Oulia (2006), Bahrami (2009) | |
| Emotional focused couple therapy | Soltani (2013), Asadpour (2012) | |
| Problem Solving Training | Zarepour (2010) | |
| Solution-focused couples therapy | Hajian (2013) | |
| Total intimacy | Communication skill | Farbod (2014), Sharifian (2011), Karim I (2012) |
| Problem Solving Training | Zarepour (2010) | |
| Training solution-focused couples therapy | Hosseini (2013) | |
| Dream sharing | Duffey (2004) | |
| Marital enrichment | Coutta(2001), Hickmon (1997) | |
| Training Positive Thinking | Nasirnejhad (2014) | |
| Cognitive- behavior couple therapy | Mami (2015), Etemadi (2006), BabaeiGarmkhani (2014) | |
| Meaning-centered training | Nasr Isfahani (2013) | |
| Choice theory training | Nasr Isfahani (2010) | |
| Rational - emotional behavioral therapy | Ghadam kheir (2013) | |
| Foot massage | Uhm (2010) | |
| Rogers Self Theory and Ellis Rational Theory | Yousefi (2014) | |
| Group training of transactional analysis | Nayeri (2014) | |
| Enhancing marital intimacy | Durana (1997) | |
| Emotion focused therapy | Denton (2000) |