The Effectiveness of Training Based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Depression and Psychological Well-Being of Women on The Verge of Divorce in Khorram Abad City

Subject Areas : Psychology

sareh peyman ¹ , Hosna Saadat Mousavi Asl ²

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2 - Masters student in Educational Psychology, Islamic Azad University, West Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2025-06-11 Accepted : 2025-07-22 Published : 2025-07-19

Keywords: Depression, PsychologicalWell-being, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy,

Abstract :

The aim of the present study was the effectiveness of training based on cognitive behavioral therapy on depression and psychological well-being of women on the verge of divorce in Khorram Abad city. The research design was practical in terms of purpose and semi-experimental in terms of method with a pre-test-post-test-follow-up design with a control group. The research community included women who referred to the offices of the Khorramabad Dispute Resolution Council in 1402, who were introduced to counseling centers. The statistical sample of this research consisted of 30 people who were selected by purposive sampling and were randomly replaced with equal numbers in two experimental and control groups. In order to collect data, the depression questionnaire of Beck, Steer and Brown (1996) and psychological well-being questionnaire of Rief (1980) were used. The experimental group underwent therapeutic intervention based on Michael Frey's cognitive-behavioral therapy protocol (1384) during 12 sessions of 90 minutes and once a week,  the control group did not receive any type of training. Data analysis was done using covariance analysis with repeated measurements. The results indicated that after controlling the effects of the pre-test, in the post-test stage, the average depression scores of the experimental group had a significant decrease compared to the control group. Also, the average scores of psychological well-being in the post-test stage increased significantly compared to the control group. These results remained stable in the follow-up phase (P<0.01).

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