The effectiveness of cognitive behavioral group therapy on the sense of well-being among infertile women of Ilam

Infertility is one of the important issues, during the marriage in some women and group therapy or individual psychotherapy is like. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral group therapy on emotional well-being among infertile women of Ilam. In a quasi-experimental design with pretest-posttest control group, 80 infertile women were randomly divided into two groups of trial (n=40) and control (n=40). The experimental group training (10 sessions of 90 minutes and 2 sessions per week) with the content of cognitive behavioral group therapy was the feeling of well-being. After the group meetings, post-test and follow-up test was conducted after a month. To test the hypotheses, independent t-test and two-way ANOVA using SPSS- 21 software was used to perform statistical operations. The results showed that cognitive behavioral group therapy can increase feelings of well-being in infertile women (t=-10/60, p=0.001). This study showed that cognitive-behavioral therapy can be effective in increasing feelings of well-being in infertile women of Ilam city.