The Effectiveness of Hope Therapy on Reducing Depressive in Women That Have Addict Husband

The present study aimed to investigation of the effectiveness of hope therapy on reducing depressive in women that have addict husband. The present study was a type of experimental in which from between the women that have addict husband in Shiraz by using the available sampling 30 persons selected and randomly included in two groups of experiment and control. Research tool was Beck Depression Inventory. For analyzing the data، t-test and analysis of covariance were used. Results of covariance indicated that there is a significant difference between the average scores of depression in experiment and control group. Also t-test results showed that there is a significant difference between grades of pre- test and follow up test in experiment group. In General، the results indicate that training the hope therapy is effective in decreasing the rate of depression in women with addict''s wife and this result are lasting.