The Efficacy of LEARN's Multifaceted Intervention on the Level of Perceived Stress in Women Who Are on the Verge of Divorce

Subject Areas : Iranian Sociological Review

Parinaz Banisi ¹ , Ghanbar Ali Delfan Azari ² , Amir Yagubi ³ , Parnian Farhadi afshar ⁴

1 - Associate Professor of the Department of Educational Management, West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Islamic Azad University, Department of Electronics, Tehran, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Islamic Azad University, Department of Electronics, Tehran, Iran.
4 - M.A. Student of General Psychology, West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2023-02-23 Accepted : 2023-02-24 Published : 2023-03-01

Keywords: Lorne multifaceted interventio, perceived stress, women, Divorce,

Abstract :

This study was implemented with the purpose of determining the efficacy of Lorne multi-faceted intervention on the level of perceived stress in women who are on the verge of divorce referring to the counseling centers in Tehran. The purpose of the study has been practical and the data collection method has done on the basis of semi-experimental, pre-test and post-test. The statistical population of the study included 300 women who were on the verge of divorce referring to the counseling centers in Tehran. To select the sample, random cluster sampling method was used. The data collection instrument has been Cohen's Perceived Stress Questionnaire (1983) with a five- point scale and a reliability coefficient of 0.79, and holding Lorne therapy course for experimental group which lasted about 8 sessions in one and a half hours. To analyze the data, MANCOVA multivariate covariance analysis and ANCOVA univariate covariance analysis were applied. The obtained results showed that Lorne multifaceted intervention is effective on the level of perceived stress of women who are on the verge of divorce; in a way that it has caused the perceived stress to be decreased to the extent of 41.6%.