The Effectiveness of Cognitive Self-Compassion Training on Social Attitudes towards the Singlehood and Belief in a just world in single girls

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of self-compassion training on social attitudes towards the singlehood(SATS) and belief in a just world(BJW) in single girls. The research design was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest with a control group. The statistical population included all single girls 30 years old and above in the faculty of literature and humanities of Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman. 34 people were selected voluntarily as a sample and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (17 people in each group). Questionnaires of Social Attitudes towards the Singlehood of Ghanee Ezabadi, et al. and Belief in a just world of Sutton and Douglas were administered. For the experimental group, 8 sessions of 90 minutes were performed for two months, but the group did not receive any training. Data were analyzed by multivariate and univariate analysis of covariance. Findings showed that self-compassion training is effective on SATS and BJW in single girls. Due to the increasing age of marriage in the girls of the society, self-compassion training can be used to improve the mental health of these people.