Effectiveness Bowen Systemic Consulting on forgiveness and marital burnout in incompatible women

The purpose of this study was to survey Effectiveness of Bowen Systemic Consulting on forgiveness and marital burnout in maladaptive women. The method of research was Quasi-experimental and pretest – posttest with multi groups. The statistical population included all women who were referred to the Justice Department in Ardabil in order to divorce in 2016. The sample consisted of 30 non-compliant women (divorce applicant) were selected by available sampling method and random assigned to two groups, one experimental group and one control group (each group was 15). From questionnaires forgiveness (Rey, 1998) and marital burnout (Pines, 2004) was used to collect information. For experiment group, Bowen Systemic Consulting were held in 7 sessions in one and a half hours whereas control groups did not receive any training. For both of groups, pre-test and post-test were performed one week before and one week after counseling. The results of covariance analysis showed that Bowen Systemic Consulting significantly increased the amount of forgiveness and decreased marital burnout and its dimensions include physical exhaustion, emotional exhaustion, and mental exhaustion in maladaptive women (p>0/01). These results can be backed up to use Bowen Systemic Consulting method to reduce marital burnout and increase the amount of forgiveness in Incompatible women. In this way, in addition to preventing the collapse of the family foundation, it improved marital relations.