The Effectiveness of Religious Integration Therapy on Divorce Adjustment among Divorced Women Download PDF

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of religious integrated approach on divorce adjustment among the divorced women in the city of Birjand. The study is a quasi-experimental one, using a pre-test, post-test, and unequal control group. The research population included all the divorced women referred to psychology clinics in Birjand. The participants of the present study were 24 divorced women referred to Sepehr-e Omid counselling center (over the time span of October 2015 to March 2016). They were selected through convenience and volunteer sampling method and were randomly assigned to the experimental group (n=12) and control group (n=12). Fisher (2007) Divorce Adjustment Scale (FDAS) was used for data collection. To examine the effectiveness of the religious integrated approach, an intervention method was used, through which the experimental group received eight 90-minute training sessions for 4.5 successive months. To analyze the data, a covariance analysis method was employed. The results confirmed the effectiveness of the religious integrated approach in the improvement of the participants’ divorce adjustment.