The impact of the empowerment program of female-headed refugee households on their self-esteem, self-efficacy, hope and attributional styles

Mental health of female-headed refugee households is a human right.

The present study aims at inspecting the impact of the empowerment program of female-headed refugee households on their self-esteem, self-efficacy, hope, and attributional styles. The study is a semi-experimental one with two groups: experimental and control.

50 refugee single mothers, who were willing to participate in the study, were chosen. They were randomly assigned into two groups. The instruments for the study were Rogers’ self-concept questionnaire (1938-1975), Peterson, Semmel, von Baeyer attributional styles questionnaire (1982), Rosenberg’s self-esteem scale questionnaire (1965), Sherer et.al. General self-efficacy scale (1982), Schneider’s life expectancy questionnaire (1991). The pre-test was conducted in both groups. The experimental group received eight sessions of empowerment program of female-headed refugee households, which was designed by Toosi (2020), using qualitative studies. The duration of each session was 90 minutes. Mixed analysis of variance was used.

The findings of the study indicated that empowerment teaching programs have a significant effect (p<0.05) on self-esteem, self-concept, hope, and attributional styles of female-headed refugee households.

Thus, this empowerment program can be used to improve female-headed refugee households' psychological conditions.