The effectiveness of neuro-linguistic programming based on self-control on the mental health and psychological well-being of women with imprisoned spouses

women heads of households whose husbands are in prison have psychological problems that require therapeutic interventions. The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of neuro-linguistic programming based on self-control on the mental health and psychological well-being of women with imprisoned spouses.

The present study was a semi-experimental type of pre-test-post-test with a control group. The statistical population consisted of all women with spouses who were imprisoned in Birjand city in 2022, who had referred to the counseling center of the central prison of Birjand city; formed. The samples of this research were 20 people from the mentioned society who were selected using available sampling method and were assigned to two experimental (10 people) and control (10 people) groups with the help of simple random method. The treatment for the experimental group of neurolinguistic programming intervention based on self-control was implemented in 8 sessions of 150 minutes. But no action was taken on the control group. The psychological health questionnaires of Najarian and Davoudi (2010) and psychological well-being questionnaires of Rif (1989) Marital instability questionnaire (Mll) Edwards, Johnson and Allen Booth (1987) were implemented on them. Was. Data analysis was done with descriptive tests (mean and standard deviation) and covariance analysis using SPSS version 24 software. P value less than 0.05 was considered significant.

The results showed that neurolinguistic programming intervention based on self-control had an effect on mental health and psychological well-being (P<0.05). Also, neurolinguistic programming intervention based on self-control explains 25.3% increase in mental health and 24.2% increase in psychological well-being of couples (P<0.05).

According to the results of this research, this type of treatment was used to reduce the problems of women with imprisoned spouses and increase their mental health and psychological well-being.