Investigating the Cognitive- Behavioral Training on Mental Health, Life Quality and Aggression of the Women Who Had Been Exposed to Family Aggression

Aggression is a behavioral problem the purpose of which is harming the person and others. The purpose of the present research was investigating the cognitive- behavioral training on mental health, life quality and aggression of the women who had been exposed to family aggression. From among the women who had been exposed to family aggression in Tehran, 60 were selected through convenient sampling, and were assigned to experimental and control groups. The participants in experimental group were exposed to group cognitive-behavioral training program for 8 sessions. The participants were given some questionnaires before and after the treatment, including: aggression questionnaire, general health and short-form of life quality scale. Repeated measure covariance was used to analyze the data. The findings approved the three hypotheses of the study. To put it differently, behavioral-cognitive training led to a reduction in aggression, enhancement of mental health, and improving life quality of aggressive women. Significant differences were observed. In general, it can be concluded that cognitive-behavioral training can reduce aggression, enhance life quality and mental health of aggressive women. Accordingly, this training program is suggested for women who have experienced conflict.