Amani ziba; Mohammad Bagher Kajbaf; Ali Reza Maredpour
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to educate and develop a package of indigenous compassion therapy on mental health, psychological capital and lifestyle of working women in Isfahan. The research method was qualitative research methods of with two experimental and control groups. The statistical population ...
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The purpose of this study was to educate and develop a package of indigenous compassion therapy on mental health, psychological capital and lifestyle of working women in Isfahan. The research method was qualitative research methods of with two experimental and control groups. The statistical population included all working women referring to counseling centers in the age group of 25 to 45 years in Isfahan and the sample size included 30 people, 15 of whom were placed in the experimental group and 15 in the control group and selected by purposive sampling. Indigenous compassion therapy for women in the experimental group (in 8 sessions) was performed twice a week for 90 minutes. Measurement tools included the Goldberg General Health Questionnaire (1972), the Lutatz Psychological Capital Questionnaire (2007), and the Miller Smith Lifestyle Questionnaire (1988). Multivariate and univariate analysis of covariance and repeated measures analysis of variance were used to analyze the data. The results showed that there was a significant difference at the level of ⍺ = 0.05 between the mean scores of lifestyle tests, mental health and psychological capital of women in the experimental and control groups. The effect size indicates that in the post-test scores, the lifestyle variable is 33%, the mental health variable is 66%, and in the psychological capital variable is 40%, it is affected by the indigenous compassionate education package. Therefore, it can be concluded that indigenous compassion education has an effect on lifestyle, mental health and psychological capital of women working in the present study.
