Effectiveness of positive psychotherapy on emotional capital of women with marital conflicts

Document Type : Original Article

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1 PHD student of Psychology, Quran and Psychology Department, Al_Mustafa International University, Qom,Iran.

2 Department of Social Science and Development Studies, Women Research Center, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran

3 PHD student of psychology, Department of Psychology, reserch institute of Hawzah and University, qom, Iran.

Abstract

The main aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of positive psychotherapy on social adaptation, cognitive flexibility and emotional capital  of women with marital conflicts in counseling centers in Qom. The current research method is semiexperimental with a pretest and posttest research design with a control group. The population included all the women who referred to counseling centers in Qom city in 1400 and 1401. The sample was randomly selected in the two groups of 15 people from women who referred to Farhan and Saman counseling centers in Qom city thorough purposeful assignment. They were  assigned   to the pretest and posttest stages and answered the  Golparvar's Emotional Capital  Scale(2017). The subjects of the experimental group received positivity training as a group, and the control group did not receive any training. The data are analyzed using SPSS software version 26 and using multivariate   and univariate Covaris analysis tests. The results of the research showed that positivity education increased the cognitive flexibility of women (P<0.05). Positivity training increased women's emotional capital (P<0.05). Also,

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Islam and Psychological Research
Volume 9, Issue 19 - Serial Number 19
September 2023
Pages 65-80

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History

  • Receive Date: 16 November 2022
  • Revise Date: 28 January 2023
  • Accept Date: 11 March 2023

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