Comparing the Effect of Reality Therapy and Spiritual-Religious Psychotherapy Based on Islamic Teachings on the Quality and Meaning of Life of Divorced Female Heads of Households in Fasa City

Previous studies have confirmed the effect of reality therapy and spiritual-religious therapy based on Islamic teachings on enriching relationships and resolving marital conflicts, but no research has been conducted to compare effectiveness of these two therapeutic approaches on the two variables of quality and meaning of life in divorced female heads of households.

This is a quasi-experimental study with a posttest design. The statistical population included divorced women as heads of households, who were invited to cooperate in the study and were randomly assigned to three groups of reality therapy (30 people), spiritual-religious psychotherapy based on Islamic teachings (27 people) and control group (25 people). The dependent variables of the study were quality and meaning of life, which were measured by Life Meaning Questionnaire (PMI) and Walton Quality of Life Questionnaire. In this study, all the ethical considerations were observed and no conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

The results of one-way analysis of variance and the James-Howell post hoc test showed that both independent experimental variables had significant effects on the dependent variables compared to the control group, but there was no significant difference between the two experimental groups.

Significant effect of reality therapy and spiritual-religious therapy based on Islamic teachings in comparison with the control group on the quality and meaning of life in divorced female heads of households was confirmed in this quasi-experimental study, although no significant difference was observed between the two approaches.