Abstract

mental resilience and self-compassion of women with incompatible husbands who refer to counseling centers.

The research design was a semi-experimental type of pre-test and post-test with a control group. The sample size was 30 people who were selected from the mentioned society by simple random method. 15 people were assigned to the experimental group and 15 people were assigned to the control group. The research tools used were life expectancy, mental resilience and self-compassion questionnaires. The experimental group received cognitive behavioral intervention during ten sessions, each session for 90 minutes. Multivariate and univariate analysis of covariance were used to analyze the data.

It showed that according to the average life expectancy of women with incompatible spouses in the experimental group compared to the average of the control group, cognitive behavioral intervention has increased the life expectancy of women with incompatible spouses in the experimental group. The amount of influence or difference is equal to 0.46. In other words, 46% of individual differences in life expectancy post-test scores are related to the effect of cognitive behavioral intervention. Cognitive-behavioral intervention has increased the mental resilience of women with incompatible spouses in the experimental group compared to the average of the control group. . The effect or difference is equal to 0.49, in other words, 49% of the individual differences in the psychological resilience post-test scores are related to the effect of cognitive behavioral intervention.

According to the average self-compassion of women with incompatible husbands in the experimental group compared to the average of the control group, cognitive behavioral intervention has increased the self-compassion of women with incompatible spouses in the experimental group. The effect or difference is equal to 0.48, in other words, 48% of individual differences in self-compassion post-test scores are related to the effect of cognitive behavioral intervention. Courses and workshops should be held for better knowledge of tools and skill improvement.