Evaluation of the effectiveness of positive group therapy on mood dysphoria, resilience and mental well-being of divorced women

Divorced women are one of the most vulnerable groups in society who face psychological, economic, social and cultural problems. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of positive group therapy on mood dysphoria, resilience and mental well-being of divorced women. This research was conducted in a quasi-experimental manner with a pretest-posttest design and a control group. The statistical population of the study included all divorced women referred to the Welfare Organization of Tehran Province in the second half of 1398 to 263 people, among whom 30 qualified volunteers were selected by purposive sampling method and randomly divided into 2 groups (experiments and Witness) were divided. Subjects in both groups completed the Toronto Bagby, Parker and Taylor (1994) Mood Dysfunction Questionnaire, Connor & Davidson (2003) Resilience Questionnaire, and Keys and Magyarmo (2003) Mental Well-Being Questionnaire in the pre-test and post-test. The experimental group underwent a positive group therapy intervention for 8 sessions, while the control group did not receive any intervention during this period. Data were analyzed using analysis of covariance and SPSS24 software. Significance level was considered 0.05 for all tests. The results showed that positive group therapy reduced mood distress in divorced women. Positive group therapy also promoted resilience and mental well-being of divorced women. According to the research findings, it can be concluded that a positive group therapy can be used to reduce mood deprivation and also increase resilience and mental well-being of divorced women.