The Effectiveness of Spiritual Training on the Resilience and Quality of Life of Divorced Women

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of spiritual training on the resilience and quality of life of divorced women. This research was carried out using the quasi-experimental method with pretest and posttest. The statistical population included all the divorced women supported by Imam Khomeini Relief Committee in District 9 of Tehran. Sixty women were selected using the purposive sampling method and randomly assigned into a control group (n = 30) and an experimental group (n = 30). The research instruments were the Conner and Davidson Resilience Questionnaire and the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire. Following the administration of the pretest on both groups, the experimental group received eight 90-minute sessions of a spiritual-therapy program. The obtained data were analyzed using the single-variable covariance analysis. The results revealed that spiritual training is effective in promoting the resilience and quality of life of divorced women (p < 0.01). According to the results, it is suggested that psychologists and counselors help divorced women to pay more attention to spirituality and its components as one of the factors affecting life, so that they can increase their resilience against the difficult consequences of divorce and enhance their quality of life.