The Effect of Narrative Therapy on Anxiety Thoughts of Divorced Mothers

The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of narrative therapy on anxiety thoughts of divorced mothers in Behbahan. This research was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest and posttest design with a control group. The study population was all divorced mothers in Behbahan; 44 of them announced their readiness to participate in the research; Which were selected as a sample and randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. After performing the pretest, the protocol of eight sessions of narrative therapy was performed. The AnTI Wells Anxiety Thought Questionnaire (1994) was then administered. Statistical analysis of covariance showed that the protocol of narrative therapy, anxiety thoughts: (p <0.01, F = 34.04), social anxiety: (p <0.01, F = 34.00), physical anxiety: (p <0.05 , F = 7.16), meta-worry: (p <0.01, F = 14.15) has reduced divorced mothers. Therefore, narrative therapy had an effect on the anxious thoughts of divorced mothers and this treatment method can be applied to divorced mothers to reduce anxious thoughts, increase mental health and reduce the psychological damage of life after divorce and being a single parent.