Comparison of the Effectiveness of Self-determination Skills Training and Islamic Quality of Life on Resilience and Psychological Well-being

The illness of a family member affects the whole family and changes their lifestyle. The purpose of this research was to compare the effectiveness of self-determination skills training and Islamic quality of life training on resilience and psychological well-being of primary caregivers of chronic mental patients in Borujen city. The present study is a semi-experimental which was selected from the community of primary caregivers of chronic mental patients in Borujen city in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province using available sampling method. Research tools included resilience questionnaires (Connor and Davidson, 2003) and psychological well-being (Reif, 1989). The results showed that the effectiveness of self-determination skills training and Islamic quality of life group training on increasing resilience was significant (P<0.05) and the effectiveness of Islamic quality of life group training was more than training self-determination skills. Also, the effectiveness of self-determination skills training and Islamic quality training on increasing psychological well-being was significant (P<0.05) and the effectiveness of Islamic life quality training was more than self-determination skills training. Therefore, it can be said that teaching self-determination skills and teaching the quality of Islamic life can improve the resilience and psychological well-being of the main caregivers of chronic mental patients.