The Efficacy of a Counseling Program of Improving Psychological Resilience to Reduce Anxiety and Depression Symptoms in Women Prone to Infidelity

Abstract

The study aims to reveal the level of psychological resilience, the prevalence of anxiety, and depression symptoms of the wives who are subject to infidelity. The research has established a counseling program to improve psychological resilience by relieving the symptoms of anxiety and depression. The research is based on a randomly selected sample which consists of 12 women, with a mean age of 33.20, and a standard deviation of 4.49. The study group is divided into two groups: 7 females as experimental group, and 5 females as a control group. The implemented tools consist of the Resilience Scale, the “Hopkins” Scale, and the Counseling Program. The results show a decrease in the level of anxiety and depression and a high level of psychological resilience in the experimental sample compared to the control sample after the counseling program. The impact is 58% for the anxiety scale and 94% for depression, and 95% for the psychological Resilience. The low level of anxiety and depression is indicated by the post-experimental comparison of the experimental group compared to the pre-test and the high level of psychological Resilience in a statistically significant manner.