A Qualitative Analysis of Psychological Well-Being of Women with Regard to Iranian Cultural Structure

Subject Areas : Clinical psychology

Maryam PhD Candidate Tarbiat Modares University Kadkhodaee ¹ , Parviz Azadfallah ² , Hojatolah Farahani, ³

1 - PhD Candidate Tarbiat Modares University
2 - PhD Tarbiat Modares University
3 - PhD Tarbiat Modares University

Received: 2018-07-10 Accepted : 2018-07-10 Published : 2018-03-21

Keywords: culture, Psychological well-being, Women,

Abstract :

T he aim of the present study was to review the psychological well-being of  Iranian women in dept. Based on a qualitative study, 16 women aged  between 20 and 35 years participated in a deep clinical interview. Four interviews with experts and four sessions of focus groups were conducted. After open coding, axial coding, and selective coding, and meeting trustworthiness criteria, the raw data were categorized. The results indicated that the psychological well-being of Iranian women consisted of seven categories: comfort and security in relationships, growth, purposefulness, competence, control and mastery, caring oneself, and autonomy. These findings suggest that some categories are consistent with classical psychological well-being models and some are specific to Iranian women. The findings  have been discussed with reference to Iranian cultural foundation

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