Effectiveness of Psychological Empowerment in Promotion of General Health in Women-Headed Households

Abstract

The current study aims at the survey of the psychological empowerment efficiency in enhancing the breadwinner moms? general health. The present study makes use of an experimental method and it is comprised of the control and experimental groups. The study population includes all of the family breadwinning moms who received protections from Imam Khomeini relief foundation based in Shiraz County. The study population was recalled through a public announcement. We also took advantage of a randomized sampling method and finally 60 individuals were chosen as the study sample volume. The study sample volume was divided into two experimental and control groups. These were asked to complete the general health questionnaire (GHQ), and then the experimental group received an 8-session psychological empowerment training course and, in the end, they were again requested to complete the general health questionnaire (retest). In comparing the pretest and posttest results it was made evident that holding cognitive empowerment training courses is an appropriate method for elevating the breadwinning moms? general health level. Knowing the high prevalence of divorcement, and/or the husband?s death and/or the husband?s inability and the psychological consequences followed by such phenomena it is hereby suggested that the method proposed by the current study is qualified to be used for reducing the female heads of the household?s negative psychological outcomes.