The effectiveness of strength-based counseling on the self-esteem of marital conflicted women

Abstract

The present study investigated the effectiveness of strength-based counseling in increasing women's self-esteem in marital conflict. This research was quasi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of this research was women referring to Mehravar Counseling Center in Tehran in the second half of 2021. Among those who had obtained a lower score in the MCQ marital conflict questionnaire and Coppersmith's self-esteem scale (1967), a sample of 20 people was randomly selected and assigned to two experimental (10 people) and control (10 people) groups. The experimental group members received ten strength-based intervention sessions, and the control group members were placed on the waiting list. Both groups responded to Coppersmith's self-esteem questionnaire (2017) before and after the experiment. Analysis of covariance was used to analyze the data. The results showed that strength-based counseling significantly increased women's self-esteem in marital conflict. Based on the findings, strength-based counseling increases women's self-esteem in marital conflict. Therefore, it is suggested that counselors use this approach to improve the self-esteem of conflicted women in their marital relationships.