Sedigheh Esmaili, Dr. Mohammad Khayyer, Dr. Amir Hoshang Mehryar,
Volume 4, Issue 3 (9-2022)
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of women's psychological empowerment package on personal growth initiative and marital boredom in divorce-asking women. The research design was quasi-experimental and pre-test-post-test with a control group. The population of the present study was women applying for divorce who referred to the Dispute Resolution Council in 2020. Participants were 30 women who were selected by purposive sampling method and randomly assigned to experimental groups (psychological empowerment, 15 people) and control group (15 people). Data were collected using marital boredom and personal growth initiative questionnaires in pre-test and post-test. Participants in the experimental group received 10 sessions of psychological empowerment training intervention, while participants in the control group did not receive the training program. Multivariate analysis of covariance revealed that psychological empowerment training has increased personal growth initiative and reduced marital boredom in divorce-asking women. Accordingly, the use of this intervention is recommended to couples therapists and family therapists to reduce marital problems.
Mrs Sedigheh Esmaili, Dr Mohammad Khayyer, Dr Amir Hoshang Mehryar,
Volume 7, Issue 1 (3-2025)
Abstract
Objective: The current investigation sought to evaluate the efficacy of a psychological empowerment intervention grounded in the lived experiences of divorced women alongside reality therapy in relation to the sexual self-esteem of women pursuing divorce.
Methods: This study adopted a quasi-experimental framework characterized by a pre-test and post-test design incorporating a control group. The statistical population encompassed all women seeking divorce who accessed the dispute resolution services in Lar city during the year 2019, from which a sample of 45 individuals was drawn. The instrument employed for data collection was the Sexual Self-Esteem Scale. Both univariate and multivariate analyses of covariance were utilized to assess the research hypotheses.
Results: The mean scores pertaining to sexual self-esteem across the three investigational groups exhibited a statistically significant difference. Findings from the Tukey test revealed a notable effectiveness of both training methodologies at the 0.05 significance level. Nevertheless, no statistically significant difference was detected regarding the comparative efficacy of the two approaches.
Conclusions: Consequently, imparting the aforementioned skills to couples may prove beneficial and effective in mitigating and preventing numerous conflicts that arise between partners.
