The Effectiveness of Forgiveness Therapy on the control of anger among spouses of drug users

Eisa Jafari¹ Kian Hosseinpour² Ali Salmani³

1) Associate professor of psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
2) Master of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Azad University, Khalkhal, Ardebil,Iran.
3) Master of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Mohaghegh Ardabili University.

IOI Code : XDDD-FAEFD
Publication : 2th National Conference on Psychopathology(asruma.ir)
Abstract :
    The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of forgiveness therapy on controlling the anger of spouses of drug addicts. The research method was experimental and with pre-test design, post-test with control group. The statistical population of this study included all spouses addicted to drugs in Talesh city who had referred to addiction treatment centers with their husbands in 1397. Using available sampling method, 30 samples were selected and randomly assigned to experimental (n = 15) and control (n = 15) groups. To collect data through the Spielberger’s State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory – 2 (STAXI-2). The experimental group underwent 12 sessions of 90 minutes as a group under the training of Robert Enright (2001). Analysis of covariance was used to analyze the data. The statistical results showed that the level of anger in the pre-test and post-test were significantly different. These results mean that therapeutic forgiveness is effective in controlling substance-dependent spouses anger. Due to the effectiveness of forgiveness therapy training in reducing anger, mental health professionals and therapists are recommended to use the forgiveness therapy protocol to reduce their clients anger.

Keywords : forgiveness therapy drug dependence anger