Effectiveness of Group Hope Therapy on the Psychological Indicators in Women With Addicted Husbands

Objectives: Hope therapy is one of the psychological interventions to help the couples deal with addiction problem. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the hope therapy on the orientation of the purpose and meaning of life expectancy in women with addicted husbands. Methods: T...

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Main Authors: Anahita Khodabakhshi-Koolaee, Leili Mosalanejad, Morteza Gholami, Omid Massah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Negah Institute for Scientific Communication 2017-03-01
Series:Iranian Rehabilitation Journal
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Online Access:http://irj.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-127-3&slc_lang=en&sid=1
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spelling doaj-f23cc53cfbc84bc5965f9a2f3f6f02b52020-11-24T20:59:55ZengNegah Institute for Scientific CommunicationIranian Rehabilitation Journal 1735-36021735-36102017-03-011511522Effectiveness of Group Hope Therapy on the Psychological Indicators in Women With Addicted HusbandsAnahita Khodabakhshi-Koolaee0Leili Mosalanejad1Morteza Gholami2Omid Massah3 Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Khatam University, Tehran, Iran. Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran. Department of Language, School of Medicine, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran. Substance Abuse and Dependence Research Center, University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Objectives: Hope therapy is one of the psychological interventions to help the couples deal with addiction problem. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the hope therapy on the orientation of the purpose and meaning of life expectancy in women with addicted husbands. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with pretest, posttest control group. The population of this study included all wives of male addicted patients who referred to drug rehabilitation institutions in Tehran to treat their husbands&rsquo; addiction in 2014. The sample size was 30 people. Convenience samplings were carried out to collect data. Data gathering were done by MLQ (Meaning of Life Questionnaire) and AGQ -Achievement Goal Questionnaire (goal orientation)- and analyzed by ANCOVA through SPSS software version 20. Results: The findings showed that hope therapy increased the orientation of purpose and meaning of life scores in experimental group (P<0.001). While, these changes were not observed in control group.&nbsp; Discussion: The results revealed that the hope therapy intervention could raise the psychological positive elements like goal setting and the meaning of life among wives of male addicted patients. Rehabilitation counselors and psychologists could apply these interventions to reduce the burden and disturbance of those who live with their addicted couples.http://irj.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-127-3&slc_lang=en&sid=1Hope Meaning of life Addiction Orientation of purpose Group therapy
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author Anahita Khodabakhshi-Koolaee
Leili Mosalanejad
Morteza Gholami
Omid Massah
spellingShingle Anahita Khodabakhshi-Koolaee
Leili Mosalanejad
Morteza Gholami
Omid Massah
Effectiveness of Group Hope Therapy on the Psychological Indicators in Women With Addicted Husbands
Iranian Rehabilitation Journal
Hope
Meaning of life
Addiction
Orientation of purpose
Group therapy
author_facet Anahita Khodabakhshi-Koolaee
Leili Mosalanejad
Morteza Gholami
Omid Massah
author_sort Anahita Khodabakhshi-Koolaee
title Effectiveness of Group Hope Therapy on the Psychological Indicators in Women With Addicted Husbands
title_short Effectiveness of Group Hope Therapy on the Psychological Indicators in Women With Addicted Husbands
title_full Effectiveness of Group Hope Therapy on the Psychological Indicators in Women With Addicted Husbands
title_fullStr Effectiveness of Group Hope Therapy on the Psychological Indicators in Women With Addicted Husbands
title_full_unstemmed Effectiveness of Group Hope Therapy on the Psychological Indicators in Women With Addicted Husbands
title_sort effectiveness of group hope therapy on the psychological indicators in women with addicted husbands
publisher Negah Institute for Scientific Communication
series Iranian Rehabilitation Journal
issn 1735-3602
1735-3610
publishDate 2017-03-01
description Objectives: Hope therapy is one of the psychological interventions to help the couples deal with addiction problem. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the hope therapy on the orientation of the purpose and meaning of life expectancy in women with addicted husbands. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with pretest, posttest control group. The population of this study included all wives of male addicted patients who referred to drug rehabilitation institutions in Tehran to treat their husbands&rsquo; addiction in 2014. The sample size was 30 people. Convenience samplings were carried out to collect data. Data gathering were done by MLQ (Meaning of Life Questionnaire) and AGQ -Achievement Goal Questionnaire (goal orientation)- and analyzed by ANCOVA through SPSS software version 20. Results: The findings showed that hope therapy increased the orientation of purpose and meaning of life scores in experimental group (P<0.001). While, these changes were not observed in control group.&nbsp; Discussion: The results revealed that the hope therapy intervention could raise the psychological positive elements like goal setting and the meaning of life among wives of male addicted patients. Rehabilitation counselors and psychologists could apply these interventions to reduce the burden and disturbance of those who live with their addicted couples.
topic Hope
Meaning of life
Addiction
Orientation of purpose
Group therapy
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