The Effectiveness of Intervention of Spiritual Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Approach on Improving Quality of Life and Improving the Psychological Well-being of Spouses of Veterans and Veterans

Subject Areas : Social Science Quarterly

armin mahmodi ¹ , farzin amini ²

1 - Islamic Azad University, Yasouj
2 - Islamic Azad University, Yasuj,

Received: 2017-10-08 Accepted : 2017-11-28 Published : 2017-11-22

Keywords: Psychological well-being, cognitive-behavioral therapy, quality of life, Spirituality,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral spirituality on the psychological well-being, quality of life of veterans' spouses. The sample consisted of 40 wives of veterans of Shahreza city who were selected through accessible sampling method and responded to the psychological well-being scale, a short form of health-related questionnaire. Then, they were randomly assigned to experimental (13) and control (13 people) groups. Both groups responded to the questionnaires in the post-test and follow up phases. For the experimental group, eight sessions of cognitive-behavioral spirituality therapy were performed, but the control group was not exposed to any intervention. To analyze the data, multivariate covariance analysis and Mann Whitney U test were used. The results showed that, by controlling the pre-test scores, the psychological well-being of the experimental group was significantly increased in the post-test and follow-up stages compared to the control group (P