The Role of Emotion Control and Self-Compassion in Predicting the Mental Health of Women Seeking Divorce

Samira Moslemi ghaale nazeri¹ Sepideh Bashirgonbadi²

1) Master of English Language, Islamic Azad University, Parand Branch.
2) PhD Student in Counseling, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil.

IOI Code : XDDD-FZAHE
Publication : 2th National Conference on Psychopathology(asruma.ir)
Abstract :
    Divorce is one of the main causes of family breakdown. It causes a lot of damage to couples. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of emotion control and self-compassion in predicting the mental health of women seeking divorce. In this descriptive-correlational study in 2020, 343 women applying for divorce in Tehran were selected and studied by available random sampling method. Data collection tools were emotion control questionnaire, self-compassion scale and mental health questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS software using Pearson correlation coefficient tests and stepwise regression analysis. Results showed Mental health with rumination control (r = 0.67), emotion inhibition (r = 0.74), aggression control (r = 0.67), benign control (r = 0.51), emotion control (51 R = 0.0) and self-compassion (r = 0.82) had a significant positive relationship (p <0.01). The two variables of emotion control and self-compassion explained 82% of the variance in mental health, of which 37% were related to emotion control and 45% were related to self-compassion (P <0.05). In general Emotion control and self-compassion can predict the mental health of women seeking divorce, so that by increasing control of emotion and self-compassion, the level of mental health of women seeking divorce increases.

Keywords : mental health emotion control self compassion women divorce