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Journal of the Association of Arab Universities for Research in Higher Education (مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية (للبحوث في التعليم العالي

Journal of the Association of Arab Universities for Research in Higher Education   (مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية (للبحوث في التعليم العالي

Abstract

The study aimed to reveal the effectiveness of a Cognitive-Behavioral Counseling Program in Reducing Situational Remorse among a Sample of newly divorced women in Jordan. The sample of the study consisted of (30) newly divorced women purposively selected from psychosocial support centers of the Jordanian Women's Union, the sample was equally divided into two groups, experimental group and control group ,each group was consisted of (15 Newly Divorced Women). In order to achieve the aim of the study, Situational Remorse Scale was used developed by the researcher and the validity and reliability of the scale was tested; and it was valid and reliable . The data was collected and statistically analyzed using ANCOVA (analysis of covariance) and MANCOVA (multivariate analysis of covariance) . The results of the study showed statistically significant differences at the level of (α=0.05) between the average performance of the experimental and control groups on the scale of the Situational Remorse Scale in general due to the counseling program and for the benefit of the experimental group . Also, the results showed no statistically significant differences at the level of (α= 0.05) between the average performance of the experimental and control groups on the domains of Situational Remorse (Personal remorse, social remorse, and professional remorse) due to the counseling program . The study came out with a number of recommendations, most notably the development of psychological counseling services provided to newly divorced women in Jordan .

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