روان شناسی و دين

Divorce is one of the most stressful events in life, so much so that after experiencing the death of loved ones, it is the second source of stress and one of the hardest life experiences. Spiritual-religious psychotherapy is a psychological treatment designed for women on the verge of divorce. The purpose of the present research is to determine the effect of "spiritual-religious psychotherapy" on the emotional schemas and marital compatibility of women on the verge of divorce. The research method is "semi-experimental" with a pre-test-post-test design implemented with a control group. The statistical population includes all women applying for divorce and referring to the divorce court of Bandar Abbas city in the first half of 2018. 30 of these women were selected using the "available sampling" method and then were randomly assigned to the experimental group (15 people) and the control group (15 people). The participants of the experimental group received 12 sessions of the "Spiritual-Religious Psychotherapy" treatment. To collect data, Graham Spanier’s "marital compatibility" questionnaire (1976) and Leahy's "Emotional Schemas" scale were used. The data were analyzed using the "analysis of covariance" statistical method. The findings show that, compared to women in the control group, in the post-test, women in the experimental group had significantly more marital compatibility, more compatible emotional schemas and less incompatible emotional schemas. Thus, the hypothesis of the research about the effect of "spiritual-religious psychotherapy" on emotional schemas and marital compatibility of women on the verge of divorce was confirmed (P