Comparison of the effectiveness of the native domestic compassion focused therapy package with Gilbert compassion focused therapy on mental health and psychological capital of employed women

Subject Areas : Health

Ziba Amani ¹ , Mohammad Bagher Kajbaf ² , Alireza Maredpour ³

1 - Professor, Department of psychology, School of Psychology and Education, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
2 - Professor, Department of psychology, School of Psychology and Education, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Yasooj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yasooj, Iran

Received: 2021-02-12 Accepted : 2021-07-12 Published : 2023-08-23

Keywords: psychological capital, working women, compassion therapy, mental health,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of indigenous compassion therapy package with Gilbert compassion therapy on mental health and psychological capital of working women in Isfahan. The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test design with experimental and control groups. The statistical population included all working women in the age group of 25 to 45 years in Isfahan in 2019. The sample size included 45 people, of which 15 women were placed in the first experimental group, 15 women in the second experimental group, and 15 women in the control group and were selected by purposive sampling. Indigenous compassion therapy and Gilbert compassion therapy were performed for women in two experimental groups (in 8 sessions). Measurement tools included the GHQ Goldberg Questionnaire (1972) and the Psychological Capital Questionnaire by Luthans, Youssef, and Avolio (2007). Analysis of covariance was used to analyze the data. The results showed that there was no significant difference between the mean scores of the effect of education based on indigenous compassion therapy package and Gilbert compassion training on mental health and psychological capital. There was a significant difference between the mean scores of post-test of mental health and psychological capital of women in the experimental and control groups. There was a significant difference between the mean scores of the three stages of pre-test, post-test and follow-up test of mental health and psychological capital of working women.

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