The effectiveness of familiarity with existential concerns on the meaning of life and emotional self-regulation of women on the verge of divorce.

Sanaz Toghraei; Nareges Razeghi; Ali Nejati

doi:10.63053/ijhes.110

Authors

Sanaz Toghraei Master of Science in General Psychology, Department of Psychology, Tafresh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tafresh, Iran
Nareges Razeghi Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Tafresh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tafresh, Iran(Corresponding Author)
Ali Nejati Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Tafresh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tafresh, Iran.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63053/ijhes.110

Keywords:

Emotional self-regulation, existential concerns, women, divorce, meaning of life

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of familiarization with existential concerns on anxiety, meaning of life, and emotional self-regulation of women on the verge of divorce. The present study design was a semi-experimental pre-test-post-test with a control group. A total of 30 people from the above population were selected as samples using the convenience sampling method and were randomly assigned to the intervention group (including 15 people) and the control group (including 15 people). The Meaning of Life Scale (Steiger et al., 2006) and the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Garnofsky et al., 2001) were used to collect data. After the intervention group pre-tested for 10 90-minute sessions, the familiarization with existential concerns intervention was conducted in a group setting. After collecting the questionnaires for the post-test, the obtained data were analysed using the statistical method of multivariate analysis of covariance and univariate analysis of covariance. The study's findings showed a significant difference between the two intervention and control groups after the implementation of existential group therapy in terms of the meaning of life and emotional self-regulation. Therefore, it can be concluded that familiarity with existential concerns significantly positively affected the meaning of life and emotional self-regulation of women on the verge of divorce.

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