Family Psychology Association of Iran

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD Student of Counseling, Department of Counseling, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran

2 Associate Professor of counseling, Department of Counseling, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran

3 Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, Department of Counseling, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran

Abstract

The present study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of Affective Reconstructive, and Emotional-Focused therapies on the forgiveness and psychological well-being in women who filed for a divorce with a history of early marriage. The research method was experimental with pre-test, and post-test design with control and follow-up groups. The statistical population included all women who filed for a divorce (with a history of early marriage) in Ardabil city in 2020. The participants were selected using the convenience sampling method and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups; they participated in each treatment for eight sessions of 90 minutes once a week. The interpersonal forgiveness scale (IF-25) and Ryff psychological well-being scale (1989) was used to collect data. Data were then analyzed using the repeated measures analysis of variance and Bonferroni post hoc test. The findings showed that Affective Reconstructive and Emotional-Focused therapy were effective in increasing forgiveness and psychological well-being in women who filed for a divorce, but the effectiveness of Affective Reconstructive therapy was significantly higher than Emotional-focused therapy. Therefore, in terms of the low level of forgiveness and psychological well-being in women who filed for a divorce, Affective Reconstructive, and Emotional-Focused therapies can use to improve forgiveness and psychological well-being in women who filed for a divorce

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