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CompletedNCT07869433IIFTUpdated Oct 9, 2026

Efficacy of Islamic Integrated Forgiveness Therapy (IIFT) in Marital Relationship

An interventional study of Islamic Integrated Forgiveness Therapy (IIFT) and Enright's Forgiveness Therapy (EFT) in Marital Transgression, Marital Relationship and Forgiveness, sponsored by University of the Punjab. Completed at 1 site in Pakistan. Open to participants aged 25 Years to 40 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-09.

Sponsored by University of the Punjab · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 2 years 6 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Oct 2023, registered Apr 2026).
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Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
62
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
25 Years to 40 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The aim of the study was to test the indigenously developed and Islamic Integrated forgiveness therapy to deal the symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress, anger and ruminations after the occurrence of marital transgression. The study utilized Qusai experimental research design. Non-probability convenience sampling strategy was utilized, and 50 participants (16 Men \& 34 Women), married for at least 3-years and who have experienced a marital transgression(s) were recruited. 27 in IIFT group and 23 in FT group, of age-range 28-38 years (M = 33.60, SD = 3.65) were enrolled for the study. Demographic Information Sheet, Marital Transgression Checklist, Enright's Forgiveness Inventory-30 (EFI-30), Depression, Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21), Marital Offence-Specific Forgiveness Scale (MOFS), Ruminations about the Transgressions, Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI); empathetic concern and perspective-taking, Religious and Spiritual Struggles Scale (RSS) and Self-Transcendence Scale (STS) were used as an outcome measures. The results of the study, analyzed using SPSS-23, indicated that there were significant mean differences between the experimental group and the control group on the scores of forgiveness, depression, anxiety, stress, ruminations, marital offence specific forgiveness, religious and spiritual struggles, and self-transcendence indicating that Islamic Integrated Forgiveness Therapy was more effective in alleviating the symptoms.

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Conditions studied

  • Marital Transgression
  • Marital Relationship
  • Forgiveness
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Stress
  • Ruminations

Keywords

  • Marital Transgressions
  • Islamic Forgiveness
  • Resentment-Benevolent Motivations
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Stress
  • Ruminations
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In context

Depression

8,245 studies on the registry are indexed under Depression; 1,641 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 62 is below the median of 84 across 6,869 interventional studies indexed under Depression.

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Lead sponsor

University of the Punjab is the lead sponsor of 20 studies on the registry; 8 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
25 Years to 40 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Participants married for at least 3 years, having at least one child (Fincham, Beach \& Davila, 2004)
  • Participants who experienced a marital transgression(s) from 6 months to 1 year ago
  • Participants who reported marital transgression with moderate level of hurt on Marital Transgressions Checklist
  • Participants whose score fall in the category of Moderate Severity on DASS-21
  • Participants scored low on Enright's Forgiveness Inventory-30 (EFI-30)
  • Participants who wanted to apply an Islamic-oriented approach in therapy

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Participants having a diagnosis of any physical or psychiatric illness
  • Participants with any physical disability
  • Participants taking any psychiatric medicines
  • Participants experiencing continuous domestic violence, physical, emotional or sexual abuse
  • Participants refused to forgive their transgressor / spouse
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Factorial assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
62 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    IIFT

    Islamic Integrated Forgiveness Therapy (IIFT)

    Other: Islamic Integrated Forgiveness Therapy (IIFT)

  • Active comparator
    EFT

    Enright's Forgiveness Therapy was administered.

    Other: Enright's Forgiveness Therapy (EFT)

Interventions

  • OtherIslamic Integrated Forgiveness Therapy (IIFT)

    IIFT utilizes the Islamic narratives, models, theological reflections, prophetic life stories from Quran and Sunnah.

  • OtherEnright's Forgiveness Therapy (EFT)

    Enright's Forgiveness Therapy is a process based model targeting to deal interpersonal conflicts and transgressions.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Enright's Forgiveness Inventory-30 (EFI-30)

    It measures forgiveness

    Time frame: 4 Months

  2. Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI)

    It measures empathetic concern and perspective-taking.

    Time frame: 4 Months

  3. Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21)

    It measures depression, anxiety and stress.

    Time frame: 4 Months

  4. Marital Offence-Specific Forgiveness Scale (MOFS)

    It measures resentment-avoidant motivations and benevolent motivations towards the offender.

    Time frame: 4 Months

  5. Ruminations about the Transgressions

    Measuring the ruminations about the transgressions

    Time frame: 4 Months

  6. Religious and Spiritual Struggles (RSS)

    It measures the religious and spiritual struggles.

    Time frame: 4 Months

  7. Self-Transcendence Scale (STS)

    It measures self-transcendence after the occurrence of marital transgression.

    Time frame: 4 Months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Centre for Clinical Psychology, University of the Punjab, Lahore-Pakistan.
    Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Timeline

1 registry update since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Oct 2023 to primary completion in Aug 2024, 9 months.

Of 3,016 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Depression, half reached primary completion within 22 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 43. This study's 9 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 3,112 studies reached it within 22 months; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 43.

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Registered
Apr 27, 2026
First posted
Oct 9, 2026
StartActual
Oct 21, 2023
Primary completionActual
Aug 20, 2024
CompletionActual
Aug 20, 2024
Last update
Oct 9, 2026
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Registered
First appeared on the registry. No changes since
Oct 9, 2026
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  1. Oct 9, 2026
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT07869433
Lead sponsor
University of the Punjab
Responsible party
Sadaf Saleem (PhD Scholar, Clinical Psychologist, University of the Punjab) — Principal investigator
First posted
Oct 9, 2026
Start date
Oct 21, 2023
Primary completion
Aug 20, 2024
Completion
Aug 20, 2024
Last update
Oct 9, 2026

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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