A Qualitative Analysis of Psychological Well-Being of Women with Regard to Iranian Cultural Structure

he aim of the present study was to review the psychological well-being of Iranian women in dept. Based on a qualitative study, 16 women aged between 20 and 35 years participated in a deep clinical interview. Four interviews with experts and four sessions of focus groups were conducted. After open coding, axial coding, and selective coding, and meeting trustworthiness criteria, the raw data were categorized. The results indicated that the psychological well-being of Iranian women consisted of seven categories: comfort and security in relationships, growth, purposefulness, competence, control and mastery, caring oneself, and autonomy. These findings suggest that some categories are consistent with classical psychological well-being models and some are specific to Iranian women. The findings have been discussed with reference to Iranian cultural foundation.