The Effectiveness of Well-Being Group Therapy on Psychological Well‌-Being, Cognitive Emotion Regulation, Worry, and Resilience of Female-Headed Households

Subject Areas : Woman and Society

Abbas Tadayoni ¹ , Hamid Reza Aghamohammadiyan ² , Majid Moeenizadeh ³

1 - Master's degree in Clinical Psychology Faculty of Education and Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
2 - Professor and Faculty of Psychology group, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
3 - Assistant and Faculty of Psychology group, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.

Received: 2020-04-29 Accepted : 2021-10-10 Published : 2021-10-23

Keywords: Resilience, Cognitive Emotion Regulation, Female-headed Household, worry, well-being therapy,

Abstract :

Female-headed households make up a significant portion of society, and numerous studies show that women in this group have lower levels of mental health than other women. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of well-being group therapy on psychological well-being, cognitive emotion regulation, worry, and resilience of female-headed households. The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test with a control group. The statistical population of this study included all female-headed households in Shirvan with the age range of 20 to 49 years. The sample consisted of 30 individuals who were selected by purposive sampling method and were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. The intervention was group-based, with only 8 weekly well-being therapy and treatment sessions for the experimental group. The research instruments comprised: Connor and Davidson Resilience Questionnaire, The Pennsylvania Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ), cognitive emotion regulation of Garnesky, and Ryff psychological well-being scale. Then, with using SPSS software, an analysis of covariance was performed. The results of the analysis of covariance showed that therapeutic well-being has increased resilience, cognitive emotion regulation strategies, psychological well-being, and reducing the concern of the experiment Group. However, there is no significant reduction in cognitive emotion regulation strategies

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