RT - Journal Article T1 - The Effectiveness of Forgiveness Therapy Program on Marital Conflicts and Life Quality JF - counseling_journal YR - 2014 JO - counseling_journal VO - 13 IS - 50 UR - http://irancounseling.ir/journal/article-1-97-en.html SP - 118 EP - 139 K1 - Keywords: forgiveness therapy program K1 - marital conflicts K1 - quality of life AB - The aim of this study was to determine the impact of forgiveness therapy program on marital conflicts and life quality of women referred to Arak Welfare Organization. For this purpose, among women whom gained the high scores (high then 25) in the marital conflict questionnaire (an available sample), a sample of 30 women was assigned randomly into two experimental and control groups. In order to test the research hypotheses, a semi-experimental pre-test and post-test design with the control group was used. The instruments of this study were SF36 life quality and ENRICH marital conflict questionnaires. Then the experimental group received ten 75-minute sessions of forgiveness therapy program, but the control group did not receive any treatment. The outcomes of T-test and MANOVA indicated that forgiveness therapy program was effectiveness on reducing marital conflicts and increasing women's life quality in general, and this effect was statistically meaningful at p&le.05. LA eng UL http://irancounseling.ir/journal/article-1-97-en.html M3 ER -